Molecular Thermodynamics of Liquids and Liquid Solutions (theory and experiments), in particular:
Ionic Liquids,
Isotope Effects,
Metastable Liquids,
Polymer Solutions
THE DISTILLATION AND VOLATILITY OF IONIC LIQUIDS, Earle et al., Nature 2006, 439, 831-834;
[cited over 1 350 times. “Rank #1 as Most Cited Article” worldwide in Chemistry in June/July 2007 by Science Watch – WoK and noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK. Spotted by ESI-WoK as a Hot Article in 2007]
A DETAILED THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF [C(4)mim][BF4] PLUS WATER AS A CASE STUDY TO MODEL IONIC LIQUID AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, Rebelo et al., Green Chem. 2004, 6, 369-381;
[cited over 300 times. Noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK]
PHASE BEHAVIOUR OF ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUID SOLUTIONS: AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CO-SOLVENT EFFECT IN (WATER PLUS ETHANOL), Rebelo et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2002, 4, 1701-1703;
[cited over 250 times]
ON THE CRITICAL TEMPERATURE, NORMAL BOILING POINT, AND VAPOR PRESSURE OF IONIC LIQUIDS, Rebelo et al., J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 6040-6043;
[cited over 350 times. Considered a Hot Article by Ionic Liquids Today]
IONIC LIQUIDS: FIRST DIRECT DETERMINATION OF THEIR COHESIVE ENERGY, Santos et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 284-285;
[cited over 200 times. Noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK and Ranked 3th in JACS as the Most-Cited Articles published in 2007]
THE NATURE OF IONIC LIQUIDS IN THE GAS PHASE, Leal et al., J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 6176-6182;
[cited over 125 times. Top-10 most-accessed articles in JPC-A in the third quarter of 2007]
SELF-AGGREGATION OF IONIC LIQUIDS: MICELLE FORMATION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION, Blesic et al., Green Chem. 2007, 9, 481-490;
[cited over 260 times. Noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK]
ION SPECIFIC EFFECTS ON THE MUTUAL SOLUBILITIES OF WATER AND HYDROPHOBIC IONIC LIQUIDS, Freire et al., J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113, 202-211;
[cited over 105 times. Noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK]
IONIC LIQUIDS: A PATHWAY TO ENVIRONMENTAL ACCEPTABILITY, Petkovic et al., Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1383–1403;
[cited over 360 times. Noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK]
SURFACE TENSION OF IONIC LIQUIDS AND IONIC LIQUID SOLUTIONS, Tariq et al., Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 829 – 868;
[cited over 105 times. Noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK]
AQUEOUS BIPHASIC SYSTEMS: A BOOST BROUGHT ABOUT BY USING IONIC LIQUIDS, Freire et al., Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 4966–4995;
[cited over 160 times. Noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK]
ON THE FORMATION OF A THIRD, NANOSTRUCTURED DOMAIN IN IONIC LIQUIDS, Pereiro et al., J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 10826-10833;
[cited over 10 times]
IONIC LIQUIDS IN SEPARATIONS OF AZEOTROPIC SYSTEMS - A REVIEW, Pereiro et al., J. Chem. Thermodyn. 2012, 46, 2–28;
[cited over 125 times. Spotted by ESI-WoK as a Hot Paper in 2014. Noted as Highly Cited Paper by ESI-WoK]
INORGANIC SALTS IN PURELY IONIC LIQUID MEDIA: THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH IONICITY IONIC LIQUIDS (HIILs), Pereiro et al., Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3656–3658;
[cited over 30 times. Considered 2nd Best Ionic Liquids Article from Chem. Commun. – Royal Society of Chemistry, July 2012]
THE ALTERNATION EFFECT IN IONIC LIQUID HOMOLOGOUS SERIES, Adamova et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 4033-4038;
[cited over 10 times]
IONIC LIQUID-FUNCTIONALIZED MINERAL PARTICLES FOR PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION, Kowacz et al. Crystal Growth and Design 2015, 15, 2994-3003.
Note: *Hot Papers are among the top 0.1% in their respective fields; Highly Cited Papers are among the top 1% for their field and publication year.