TY - JOUR KW - Ionic liquids; Linoleic acid; Monounsaturated fatty acids KW - Human epidermis; Long chain fatty acid; Long chains; Nonpolar organic solvents KW - Biocompatibility KW - biomaterial; ionic liquid; lipid; solvent KW - chemical structure; chemistry; epidermis; human; synthesis KW - Biocompatible Materials; Epidermis; Humans; Ionic Liquids; Lipids; Molecular Structure; Solvents ID - scholars12480 N2 - We report a new series of lipid-based biocompatible ionic liquids (LBILs) consisting of the long-chain phosphonium compound 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-ethyl-phosphatidylcholine as the cation and the long-chain fatty acids stearic acid, oleic acid, or linoleic acid as anions. These materials were found to be completely miscible with many polar and nonpolar organic solvents as well as dispersible in water. These LBILs also exhibited excellent biocompatibility with an artificial three-dimensional human epidermis model. © 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry. IS - 89 VL - 56 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096059741&doi=10.1039%2fd0cc04491a&partnerID=40&md5=8e951cd35ec8d2b98f2aa08e39ea332d JF - Chemical Communications A1 - Uddin, S. A1 - Chowdhury, M.R. A1 - Wakabayashi, R. A1 - Kamiya, N. A1 - Moniruzzaman, M. A1 - Goto, M. Y1 - 2020/// SP - 13756 TI - Lipid based biocompatible ionic liquids: Synthesis, characterization and biocompatibility evaluation N1 - cited By 20 AV - none EP - 13759 SN - 13597345 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry ER -