• Biofuels from Diethyl Carbonate and Vegetable Oils for Use in Triple Blends with Diesel Fuel: Effect on Performance and Smoke Emissions of a Diesel Engine 

  Aguado-Deblas, Laura; Hidalgo-Carrillo, J.; Bautista, F.M.; Luna, Carlos; Calero, Juan; Posadillo, Alejandro; Romero, Antonio A.; Luna, Diego; Estévez, R. (MDPI, 2020)

  The main objective of this work is to contribute to a gradual replacement process of fossil diesel (D) with biofuels composed by diethyl carbonate (DEC) and either sunflower or castor oil, as straight vegetable oils (SVOs). ...

• Subtle chemical modification for enrichment of Fmoc-amino acid at a phospholipid interface 

  Argudo, Pablo G.; Contreras-Montoya, Rafael; Álvarez de Cienfuegos, Luis; Martín-Romero, M.T.; Camacho, Luis; Giner-Casares, Juan J. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)

  Amino acids including the Fmoc group (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) are bioinspired molecules that display intriguing features in self-assembly and biological applications. The influence of a delicate chemical modification ...

• Bio-Degradable Polyurethane Foams Produced by Liquefied Polyol from Wheat Straw Biomass 

  Serrano, Luis; Rincón, E.; García, Araceli; Rodríguez, Jesús; Briones, Rodrigo (MDPI, 2020)

  In the present work, an abundant and unused residue (wheat straw) has been employed to synthesize a polyol as a substituent of castor oil in polyurethane foams. The liquefied product showed excellent properties for the ...

• Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Properties of Novel Hexaazatrinaphthylene Dendritic Scaffolds 

  García Velázquez, Daniel; Luque, Rafael; Gutiérrez Ravelo, Ángel (MDPI, 2020)

  A novel family of water-soluble π-conjugated hexaazatrinaphthylenes-based dendritic architectures constructed by hexaketocyclohexane and 1,2,4,5-benzenetetramine units is developed in a microwave-assisted organic synthesis ...

• Outlook for Direct Use of Sunflower and Castor Oils as Biofuels in Compression Ignition Diesel Engines, Being Part of Diesel/Ethyl Acetate/Straight Vegetable Oil Triple Blends 

  Aguado-Deblas, Laura; Estévez, R.; Hidalgo-Carrillo, J.; Bautista, Felipa M.; Luna, Carlos; Calero, Juan; Posadillo, Alejandro; Romero, Antonio A.; Luna, Diego (MDPI, 2020)

  Today, biofuels are indispensable in the implementation of fossil fuels replacement processes. This study evaluates ethyl acetate (EA) as a solvent of two straight vegetable oils (SVOs), castor oil (CO), and sunflower oil ...

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