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The first chapter by El Achkar et al. presents an overview of DES and their physicochemical properties. Chapter 2 by Nguyen et al. reviews pharmaceutical applications and toxicity of DES for living organisms and the environment. A new system
prepared with an active pharmaceutical ingredient, named therapeutic deep eutectic
systems (THEDES), is described by Filipa Santos and Ana Rita C. Duarte in Chap.
3. Understanding of how DES dissolve various solutes is of major importance for
further use, as explained in Chap. 4 by Moura et al. who review the solubility of
gases in DES. Chapter 5 by Byrne et al. discloses new hydrophobic DES, formed by
mixing fatty acids with ammonium or phosphonium salts, thus conferring hydrophobicity without fluorinated species. These solvents appear promising for gas capture and liquid-liquid extraction. Chapter 6 by Nakhle et al. presents extraction
methods that use deep eutectic solvents. Then, extraction of polyphenols by DES
and a review of recent DES applications is presented by Percevault et al. in Chap. 7.
The editors extend their thanks to all the authors who contributed to this book for
their efforts in producing timely and high-quality chapters. The creation of this book
would not have been possible without the assistance of several friends deserving
acknowledgment. They have helped by choosing contributors, reviewing chapters
and in many other ways. Finally, we would like to thank the staff at Springer Nature
for their highly professional editing of the book.
Dunkerque, France
Sophie Fourmentin
Lyon, France
Margarida Costa Gomes
Aix-en-Provence, France
Eric Lichtfouse
Preface
The first chapter by El Achkar et al. presents an overview of DES and their physicochemical properties. Chapter 2 by Nguyen et al. reviews pharmaceutical applications and toxicity of DES for living organisms and the environment. A new system
prepared with an active pharmaceutical ingredient, named therapeutic deep eutectic
systems (THEDES), is described by Filipa Santos and Ana Rita C. Duarte in Chap.
3. Understanding of how DES dissolve various solutes is of major importance for
further use, as explained in Chap. 4 by Moura et al. who review the solubility of
gases in DES. Chapter 5 by Byrne et al. discloses new hydrophobic DES, formed by
mixing fatty acids with ammonium or phosphonium salts, thus conferring hydrophobicity without fluorinated species. These solvents appear promising for gas capture and liquid-liquid extraction. Chapter 6 by Nakhle et al. presents extraction
methods that use deep eutectic solvents. Then, extraction of polyphenols by DES
and a review of recent DES applications is presented by Percevault et al. in Chap. 7.
The editors extend their thanks to all the authors who contributed to this book for
their efforts in producing timely and high-quality chapters. The creation of this book
would not have been possible without the assistance of several friends deserving
acknowledgment. They have helped by choosing contributors, reviewing chapters
and in many other ways. Finally, we would like to thank the staff at Springer Nature
for their highly professional editing of the book.
Dunkerque, France
Sophie Fourmentin
Lyon, France
Margarida Costa Gomes
Aix-en-Provence, France
Eric Lichtfouse
Preface