Ionic Liquids: Past, present and future

Charles Angell, Younes Ansari, Zuofeng Zhao

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Abstract

An overview of the field of low-melting ionic liquids is given from its inception in 1886 through to the present time. The subject is divided into an introductory section that summarizes the early history of the field, and differentiates its sub-sections, before addressing matters judged of some interest in "pre-surge" and "post-surge" stages of its development, focusing on physicochemical as opposed to the prolific synthetic and industrial aspects in which the author has no competence. We give a final section specifically to protic ionic liquids, which we consider to have particular scientific potential.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9-27
Number of pages19
JournalFaraday Discussions
Volume154
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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