This book contains some of the papers presented at the ACS meeting symposium Ionic Liquids: Science and Applications, held at the 243rd National ACS meeting in San Diego, California, March 25-29, 2012. The symposium contained nine sessions (Energetic Ionic Liquids; Physical Properties/Physical Chemistry; Ionic Liquids for Fuel, Energy, and Chemical Production; Biomass and Renewables; Advanced Electrolytes; Molecular Modeling; Nanomaterials; New Materials; and Biotechnology). More than 75 presentations were given. The overarching theme of this symposium was the science and applications of ionic liquids. No longer are ionic liquids interesting simply because they could be considered part of the next generation of "green" solvents, but their unique physical and chemical properties make them a wholly unique class of solvents. As shown in the presentations, the fundamental science gleaned from physical chemistry, molecular modeling, and characterization of ionic liquids facilitates the proliferation of ionic liquid applications in biotechnology, advanced electrolytes, and nanomaterials, to name but a few areas where ionic liquids are being investigated.
Preface
1. Ionic Liquid Fuels for Chemical Propulsion
Stefan Schneider, Tom Hawkins, Yonis Ahmed, Stephan Deplazes, and Jeff Mills
2. Ionic Liquids in Electrospray Propulsion Systems
Benjamin D. Prince, Bruce A. Fritz, and Yu-Hui Chiu
3. Decomposition and Combustion of Ionic Liquid Compound Synthesized
from N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylethylenediamine and Nitric Acid
Shiqing Wang and Stefan T. Thynell
4. Ionic Liquid-Based Electrolytes for High Energy, Safer Lithium Batteries
G. B. Appetecchi, M. Montanino, and S. Passerini
5. Development and Selection of Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Hydroxide
Conducting Polybenzimidazole Membranes in Alkaline Fuel Cells
Elise B. Fox, Héctor R. Colón-Mercado, Yuanxin Chen, and W. S. Winston Ho
6. Natural Fiber Welding: Ionic Liquid Facilitated Biopolymer Mobilization
and Reorganization
Luke M. Haverhals, Matthew P. Foley, E. Kate Brown, Douglas M. Fox,
Hugh C. De Long, and Paul C. Trulove
7. Advanced Biopolymer Composite Materials from Ionic Liquid Solutions
Mirela L. Maxim, Jacqueline F. White, Leah E. Block, Gabriela Gurau, and
Robin D. Rogers
8. Degradation of Chitin Utilizing Acid Functionalized Ionic Liquids
Technology
W. Matthew Reichert, Arsalan Mirjafari, James H. Davis Jr., Taylor Goodie,
Nathan G. Williams, Vivian Ho, Matthew Yoder, and Maelynn La
9. Lipid-Inspired Ionic Liquids Containing Long-Chain Appendages: Novel
Class of Biomaterials with Attractive Properties and Applications
Arsalan Mirjafari, Richard A. O'Brien, Samuel M. Murray, Kaila M. Mattson,
Niloufar Mobarrez, Kevin N. West, and James H. Davis Jr.
10. Gas Solubility in Ionic Liquids: Mixed Gases in Pure Ionic Liquids and
Single Gases in Binary Liquid Mixtures
Dirk Tuma and Gerd Maurer
11. Ionic Liquids in Extractive Distillation of Ethanol/Water: From Laboratory
to Pilot Plant
G. Wytze Meindersma, Esteban Quijada-Maldonado, Tim A. M. Aelmans,
Juan Pablo Gutierrez Hernandez, and André B. de Haan
12. Al2O3-Based Nanoparticle-Enhanced Ionic Liquids (NEILs) for Advanced
Heat Transfer Fluids
Ann E. Visser, Nicholas J. Bridges, Brenda L. Garcia-Diaz, Joshua R. Gray, and
Elise B. Fox
13. OKE Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nonpolar and
Polar Molecules in Ionic Liquids
Edward L. Quitevis, Fehmi Bardak, Dong Xiao, Larry G. Hines, Jr., Pillhun Son,
Richard A. Bartsch, Peng Yang, and Gregory A. Voth
14. Probing the Interface of Charged Surfactants in Ionic Liquids by XPS
Lang G. Chen and Harry Bermudez
Editors' Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index