Improved biorefinery pathways of marine diatoms using a water miscible ionic liquid and its colloidal solution: efficient lipid extraction and <i>in situ</i> synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots for bio-imaging applications
Paidi Murali Krishna, Veerababu Polisetti, Krishnaiah Damarla, Subir Kumar Mandal, Arvind Kumar
Abstract
In this study, a water-miscible ionic liquid (IL), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazoliumacetate ([EMIM][Ac]), has been used for lipid extraction from marine diatoms <italic>Thalassiosira lundiana</italic> CSIR-CSMCRI 001 by following a non-polar solvent partition method.
Topics & Concepts
BiorefineryColloidIonic liquidFluorescenceExtraction (chemistry)In situCarbon fibersChemical engineeringChemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceChromatographyOrganic chemistryCatalysisComposite materialEngineeringComposite numberRaw materialQuantum mechanicsPhysicsAdvanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisCarbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsElectrochemical sensors and biosensors