Ionic Liquids UnCOILed – Critical Expert Overviews

Dr. Natalia V. Plechkova attained her BSc and MSc in chemical engineering at the Russian Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Moscow, and her PhD in chemistry, under the guidance of Professor Seddon. Since then she has been a research fellow and project manager in the QUILL (Queens University Ionic Liquid Laboratories) Research Centre, focusing on various aspects of ionic liquids, including their synthesis, characterization and applications. Prof. Kenneth R. Seddon is Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Queens University of Belfast, and director of the QUILL Research Centre, a world-leading industrial-academic consortium which was awarded the 2006 Queens's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and has just been involved with implementing a full-scale process for removing mercury from natural gas streams with Petronas Chemicals.

COIL Conferences vi Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Contributors xi Abbreviations xiii 1 Electrodeposition from Ionic Liquids: Interface Processes, Ion Effects, and Macroporous Structures 1 Frank Endres, Natalia Borisenko, Rihab Al Salman, Mohammad Al Zoubi, Alexandra Prowald, Timo Carstens, and Sherif Zein El Abedin 2 Interfaces of Ionic Liquids (1) 29 Werner Freyland 3 Interfaces of Ionic Liquids (2) 51 Robert Hayes, Deborah Wakeham, and Rob Atkin 4 Ionic Liquids in Separation Science 87 Christa M. Graham and Jared L. Anderson 5 Separation Processes with Ionic Liquids 119 Wytze (G. W.) Meindersma and Andre B. De Haan 6 Theoretical Approaches to Ionic Liquids: From Past History to Future Directions 181 Ekaterina I. Izgorodina 7 Ionic Liquids Derived from Natural Sources 231 Junko Kagimoto and Hiroyuki Ohno 8 Ionic Liquids Studied at Ultra-High Vacuum 251 Kevin R.J. Lovelock and Peter Licence 9 Pioneering Biological Processes in the Presence of Ionic Liquids: The Potential of Filamentous Fungi 283 Marija Petkovic and Cristina Silva Pereira 10 Use of Ionic Liquids in Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells 305 Jennifer M. Pringle 11 Phase Behaviour of Gases in Ionic Liquids 349 Mark B. Shifl ett and Akimichi Yokozeki Index 387