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Physical–chemical and ecotoxic evaluation of different deep eutectic solvents for green analytical applications

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The search for new analytical methods is a latent reality in the so-called green analytical chemistry area, which aims at correlating analytical demands to environmental issues. Among the approaches used, it is possible to highlight green solvents as substitutes to the dangerous and conventional organic solvents as the most prominent alternative for this purpose. In the last few years, the amount of research focused on the usage of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) has been growing as an alternative to these issues. Thus, this work aimed to investigate the main physical–chemical and ecotoxical properties of seven different DESs. The results showed that DESs’ evaluated properties are influenced by the chemical structure of their precursors, which may regulate DESs’ viscosity, superficial tension, and antagonistic action against vegetable tissues and microbial cells. The constatations pointed here introduce a new perspective about the conscious usage of DESs on a green analytical point of view.

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They also thank the Laboratory of Automation and Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry and Chemometrics (LAQA) and the Laboratory of Fuels and Materials (LACOM), both from Federal University of Paraíba, for the technical instrumentation support.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Center of Natural and Exact Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa/Paraíba, 58051-970, Brazil

    Willyan Araújo da Costa, Vanessa Freire de França, Layanny Samara da Silva Souza & Liliana Fátima Bezerra Lira Pontes

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa/Paraíba, Brazil

    Adrielly Silva Albuquerque de Andrade & Demetrius Antonio Machado de Araújo

  3. Department of Chemistry and Physics, Center of Agrarian Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, Areia/Paraíba, Brazil

    Edilene Dantas Teles Moreira

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Willyan Araújo da Costa: conception of the work, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, and critical revision of the article. Vanessa Freire de França: data collection and data analysis. Layanny Samara da Silva Souza: data collection and data analysis. Adrelly Silva Albuquerque de Andrade: data collection, data analysis and data interpretation. Demetrius Antonio Machado: data analysis and data interpretation. Edilene Dantas Teles Moreira: conception of the work, data interpretation, and critical revision of the work. Liliana Fátima Bezerra Lira Pontes: conception of the work, interpretations and critical revision and final approval of the version to be published.

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da Costa, W.A., de França, V.F., da Silva Souza, L.S. et al. Physical–chemical and ecotoxic evaluation of different deep eutectic solvents for green analytical applications. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 70701–70712 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27398-z

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