Romano Susanna, De Santis Serena, Frezza Chiara, Orsini Monica, Sotgiu Giovanni, Feroci Marta, Rocco Daniele
Department of Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, Roma Tre University, via Vito Volterra, 62, 00146 Rome, Italy.
Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences for Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, via Castro Laurenziano, 7, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Molecules. 2025 Feb 24;30(5):1035. doi: 10.3390/molecules30051035.
Over the past 15 years, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained increasing attention as potential replacements for traditional organic compounds. Thanks to their remarkable properties, such as non-volatility, chemical stability, low toxicity, solvation power, and the tunability of properties-due to different combinations of cations and anions-ILs are considered ideal in the processing of polymers. Indeed, they have been extensively studied for the dissolution, derivatization, and plasticization of biopolymers to address the growing issue of plastic pollution. The aim of this review is to investigate the recent years' literature using ILs in starch plasticization. In particular, two major classes of ionic liquids were addressed, the imidazole-based ionic liquids and the choline-derived bioILs. Furthermore, this review aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms behind the interactions between ILs and starch and to study their effect on biopolymer properties.
在过去的15年里，离子液体（ILs）作为传统有机化合物的潜在替代品越来越受到关注。由于其具有诸如不挥发性、化学稳定性、低毒性、溶解能力以及因阳离子和阴离子的不同组合而具有的性质可调性等显著特性，离子液体在聚合物加工中被认为是理想的。事实上，它们已被广泛研究用于生物聚合物的溶解、衍生化和增塑，以解决日益严重的塑料污染问题。本综述的目的是研究近年来使用离子液体进行淀粉增塑的文献。特别讨论了两类主要的离子液体，即咪唑基离子液体和胆碱衍生的生物离子液体。此外，本综述旨在全面了解离子液体与淀粉之间相互作用的机制，并研究它们对生物聚合物性能的影响。
