TY - JOUR
T1 - Parallel developments in aprotic and protic ionic liquids
T2 - Physical chemistry and applications
AU - Angell, Charles
AU - Byrne, Nolene
AU - Belieres, Jean Philippe
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - This Account covers research dating from the early 1960s in the field of low-melting molten salts and hydrates, which has recently become popular under the rubric of "ionic liquids". It covers understanding gained in the principal author's laboratories (initially in Australia, but mostly in the U.S.A.) from spectroscopic, dynamic, and thermodynamic studies and includes recent applications of this understanding in the fields of energy conversion and biopreservation. Both protic and aprotic varieties of ionic liquids are included, but recent studies have focused on the protic class because of the special applications made possible by the highly variable proton activities available in these liquids.
AB - This Account covers research dating from the early 1960s in the field of low-melting molten salts and hydrates, which has recently become popular under the rubric of "ionic liquids". It covers understanding gained in the principal author's laboratories (initially in Australia, but mostly in the U.S.A.) from spectroscopic, dynamic, and thermodynamic studies and includes recent applications of this understanding in the fields of energy conversion and biopreservation. Both protic and aprotic varieties of ionic liquids are included, but recent studies have focused on the protic class because of the special applications made possible by the highly variable proton activities available in these liquids.
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U2 - 10.1021/ar7001842
DO - 10.1021/ar7001842
M3 - Article
C2 - 17979250
AN - SCOPUS:37349076236
SN - 0001-4842
VL - 40
SP - 1228
EP - 1236
JO - Accounts of chemical research
JF - Accounts of chemical research
IS - 11
ER -