Richard A. O’Brien

Ionic liquids of superior thermal stability

Cody G. Cassity, Arsalan Mirjafari, Niloufar Mobarrez et al. · Chemical Communications · 2013 · 107 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +10

The Fluid‐Mosaic Model, Homeoviscous Adaptation, and Ionic Liquids: Dramatic Lowering of the Melting Point by Side‐Chain Unsaturation

Samuel M. Murray, Richard A. O’Brien, Kaila M. Mattson et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2010 · 89 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +11

Porous Solids Impregnated with Task-Specific Ionic Liquids as Composite Sorbents

K. Neil Ruckart, Richard A. O’Brien, Seth M. Woodard et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · 2015 · 86 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science +16

Use of highly reactive zinc leads to a new, facile synthesis for polyarylenes

Tian An Chen, Richard A. O’Brien, Reuben D. Rieke · Macromolecules · 1993 · 71 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +4

Synthesis of New Lipid‐Inspired Ionic Liquids by Thiol‐ene Chemistry: Profound Solvent Effect on Reaction Pathway

Arsalan Mirjafari, Richard A. O’Brien, Kevin N. West et al. · Chemistry - A European Journal · 2014 · 41 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Lipid Biochemistry +8