Fujita Kyoko, MacFarlane Douglas R, Forsyth Maria
School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Oct 14(38):4804-6. doi: 10.1039/b508238b. Epub 2005 Sep 7.
We report a family of biocompatible ionic liquids (ILs) which are able to dissolve significant amounts of proteins such as cytochrome c and in which ATR-FTIR spectroscopy results show retention of secondary structure to extreme temperatures.