Main description:

Ionic Liquids (ILs) are now a world-wide phenomenon and have emerged from being viewed only as novel replacements for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) traditionally used as industrial solvents, into designer materials with incredible untapped potential in a wide variety of fundamental scientific and technological areas. The current series of ACS symposia dedicated to ionic liquids and the resulting books are intended to change the way people think about ionic
liquids and introduce the international audience to the many new possible applications for ionic liquids. The presentations and chapters will delve more deeply into the fundamental nature of ionic liquids responsible for their fascinating behavior.

Contents:

1. How to Analyze Imidazolium Ionic Liquids in Environmental Samples? ; 2. Potential Environmental Impact of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids ; 3. Carbon-13 NMR Relaxation Studies of Ionic Liquids ; 4. Ionic Liquids for Silica Modification: Assessment by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis ; 5. Characterization of Phosphonium Ionic Liquids with Emphasis on Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography ; 6. Force Field Refinement and Molecular Simulations of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids ; 7. Intra- and Intermolecular Structure of Ionic Liquids: From Conformers to Nanostructures ; 8. Molecular Simulation of Mixtures Containing Imidazolium and Pyridinium-Based Ionic Liquids and 1-Butanol ; 9. Carbonylation in Ionic Liquids Using Vapor-Takeoff Reactors ; 10. Ionic Liquids for Space Propulsion ; 11. Columnar Liquid Crystalline Imidazolium Salts: Self-Organized One-Dimensional Ion Conductors ; 12. Ionic Liquids as Versatile Media in Lanthanide Chemistry ; 13. Electropolishing and Electroplating of Metals Using Ionic Liquids Based on Choline Chloride ; 14. Ionic Liquids as Vehicles for Reactions and Separations ; 15. Mesoscopic Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid Electrolyte ; 16. The Application of Trialkyl-Imidazolium Ionic Liquids and Salts for the Preparation of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites ; 17. Ionic Liquids as Modifiers for Cationic and Anionic Nanoclays ; 18. Solution Chemistry of Cm(III) and Eu(III) in Ionic Liquids ; 19. New Ionic Liquids Based on Anion Functionalization ; 20. Spatial Heterogeneity in Ionic Liquids ; 21. Taylor Cones of Ionic Liquids as Ion Sources: The Role of Electrical Conductivity and Surface Tension ; 22. How to Make Ionic Liquids More Liquid ; 23. Molecular Dynamics Study of the Mechanism of Cellulose Dissolution in the Ionic Liquid 1-n-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride ; 24. New Class of Ionic Liquids Synthesized from Amino Acid and Other Bioderived Materials ; 25. Hydrophobic n-Alkyl-N-Isoquinolinium Salts: Ionic Liquids and Low Melting Solids