Expeditious Discovery of Small-Molecule Thermoresponsive Ionic Liquid Materials: A Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Ionic Liquids Are Designable and Structurally Tunable
2.1. Ionic Liquids as Attractive Reaction Media
2.2. Chiral Ionic Liquids and Supported Ionic Liquids
2.3. Zwitterionic Ionic Liquids
2.4. Task-Specific Ionic Liquids for CO2 Capture
2.5. Ionic Liquids as PCR Enhancers
2.6. Functionalized Ionic Liquids
2.7. Affinity Ionic Liquids
3. Ionic Liquids Can Be Thermally Responsive
3.1. Thermoresponsive Ionic Liquids (TILs) Are Smart Materials
3.2. Ionic Liquids Are Thermally Sensitive Materials
3.3. Zwitterionic Ionic Liquid Materials as TILs
3.4. Mechanism of Thermal Sensitivity
3.5. Combinatorial Discovery of Thermoresponsive Ionic Liquids
3.6. Combinatorial Discovery of Thermoresponsive Zwitterionic Ionic Liquids
3.7. Future Prospect of Thermoresponsive Ionic Liquid Materials
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Hsin-Yi, and Yen-Ho Chu. 2023. "Expeditious Discovery of Small-Molecule Thermoresponsive Ionic Liquid Materials: A Review" Molecules 28, no. 19: 6817. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28196817