Table of 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

About the Author

Prof. Joan F. Brennecke obtained her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (1984) and both her M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1989) in Chemical Engineering at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently a Keating-Crawford Professor at Notre Dame and Director of the Notre Dame Energy Center. Brennecke's research is primarily focused on experimental aspects of thermodynamics and separations, with particular interest in supercritical fluids and ionic liquids. Dr. Robin D. Rogers obtained both his B.S. in Chemistry (1978, Summa Cum Laude) and his Ph.D. in Chemistry (1982) at The University of Alabama and is currently a Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Green Manufacturing at UA. Rogers holds three patents and has published over 500 papers on a diverse array of topics including structural chemistry, green separation science and technology, room temperature ionic liquids, and aqueous biphasic separations. Prof. Kenneth R. Seddon obtained both his BSc (1970, First Class) and his PhD (1973) in Chemistry at the University of Liverpool, and his MA at Oxford University (1974). He currently holds the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, and is Director of the QUILL Centre, at The Queen's University of Belfast. He is inventor on over 20 patents, has published over 220 papers, co-authored four books, and co-edited four books (including this one). Research interests include ionic liquids, green chemistry, crystal engineering, coordination chemistry, conservation of ancient Chinese documents, and chemical weapons.