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Ionic Liquids 2018 and Selected Papers from ILMAT IV

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".

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Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Building 25, Rm. B.0.17-17, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, D-14476 Golm, Germany
Interests: inorganic materials synthesis in ionic liquids; functional ionic liquids-hybrid materials; ionogels; biomimetic materials; hybrid materials; calcium phosphate; silica; water treatment; energy materials
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Institut Charles Gerhardt, UMR 5253 CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 05, France
Interests: ionosilicas—nanostructured silica hybrid materials bearing ionic substructures; soft templating approaches to nanostructured silica type materials; heterogeneous (organo-)catalysis, ion exchange reactions with ionosilicas
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Departamento de Física, Facultade de Ciencias, Campus da Zapateira s/n. Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Interests: ionic liquids; deep eutectic solvents; experimental magnitudes; charge and mass transport; ionogels; nanoparticles
Grupo de Nanomateriales, Fotónica y Materia Blanda. Departamento de Física de Partículas, Facultade de Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida s/n, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: statistical mechanics, charged complex fluids; electrolyte solutions, molten salts, ionic liquids; thermodynamics and transport properties; nanomaterials; statistical mechanics of complex systems; complex networks
Nanomaterials, Photonics and Soft Matter Research Group, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida s/n, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: linear and nonlinear optical properties; spectroscopy; optical instrumentation; interferometry; spectrometry

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Ionic liquids (ILs) are at the forefront of modern materials research and development, and virtually every field of application has at least seen attempts of using ILs for advanced materials design. Although not all attempts have been equally successful, ILs are among the most versatile and promising materials or material components in today's advanced materials. Fields of interest encompass energy, health, catalysis, environment, and many other areas. The Special Issue aims at highlighting recent key developments of the field and invites high profile contributions from all areas related to ionic liquids for advanced materials design and application.

This Special Issue is cooperating with the international conference ILMAT IV (https://www.ilmat.net/). All speakers presenting a paper at this conference can submit a manuscript for publication.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Taubert
Dr. Peter Hesemann
Dr. Oscar Cabeza Gras
Dr. Luis Miguel Varela Cabo
Dr. Elena López Lago
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Keywords

  • ionic liquids
  • ionic liquid crystals
  • catalysis
  • energy
  • health
  • nanomaterials
  • composites
  • ionogels
  • synthesis
  • electrochemistry

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Kluyveromyces marxianus, an Attractive Yeast for Ethanolic Fermentation in the Presence of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids
by Nasir Mehmood, Ranim Alayoubi, Eric Husson, Cédric Jacquard, Jochen Büchs, Catherine Sarazin and Isabelle Gosselin
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(3), 887; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19030887 - 16 Mar 2018
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Imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) are promising solvents for lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) pretreatment and allow the achievement of higher ethanolic yields after enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanolic fermentation. However, residual ILs entrapped in pretreated biomass are often toxic for fermentative microorganisms, but interaction mechanisms between [...] Read more.
Imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) are promising solvents for lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) pretreatment and allow the achievement of higher ethanolic yields after enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanolic fermentation. However, residual ILs entrapped in pretreated biomass are often toxic for fermentative microorganisms, but interaction mechanisms between ILs and cells are still unknown. Here we studied the effects of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate [Emim][OAc] and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium methylphosphonate [Emim][MeO(H)PO2] on Kluyveromyces marxianus, a thermotolerant ethanologenic yeast. Morphological impacts induced by ILs on K. marxianus were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy analysis and showed wrinkled, softened, and holed shapes. In Yeast-Malt-Dextrose (YMD) medium, K. marxianus tolerated IL additions up to 2% for [Emim][OAc] and 6% for [Emim][MeO(H)PO2]. Below these thresholds, some IL concentrations enhanced ethanolic yields up to +34% by switching the metabolic status from respiratory to fermentative. Finally, K. marxianus fermentation was applied on several substrates pretreated with [Emim][OAc] or [Emim][MeO(H)PO2] and enzymatically hydrolyzed: a model long fiber cellulose and two industrial LCBs, softwood (spruce) and hardwood (oak) sawdusts. The maximum ethanolic yields obtained were 1.8 to 3.9 times higher when substrates were pretreated with imidazolium ILs. Therefore K. marxianus is an interesting fermentative yeast in a second-generation bioethanol process implying IL pretreatment. Full article
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Virucidal or Not Virucidal? That Is the Question—Predictability of Ionic Liquid’s Virucidal Potential in Biological Test Systems
by Julia Sommer, Susanne Fister, Tobias Gundolf, Birgit Bromberger, Patrick-Julian Mester, Anna Kristina Witte, Roland Kalb and Peter Rossmanith
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(3), 790; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19030790 - 09 Mar 2018
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For three decades now, ionic liquids (ILs), organic salts comprising only ions, have emerged as a new class of pharmaceuticals. Although recognition of the antimicrobial effects of ILs is growing rapidly, there is almost nothing known about their possible virucidal activities. This probably [...] Read more.
For three decades now, ionic liquids (ILs), organic salts comprising only ions, have emerged as a new class of pharmaceuticals. Although recognition of the antimicrobial effects of ILs is growing rapidly, there is almost nothing known about their possible virucidal activities. This probably reflects the paucity of understanding virus inactivation. In this study, we performed a systematic analysis to determine the effect of specific structural motifs of ILs on three different biological test systems (viruses, bacteria and enzymes). Overall, the effects of 27 different ILs on two non-enveloped and one enveloped virus (P100, MS2 and Phi6), two Gram negative and one Gram positive bacteria (E. coli, P. syringae and L. monocytogenes) and one enzyme (Taq DNA polymerase) were investigated. Results show that while some ILs were virucidal, no clear structure activity relationships (SARs) could be identified for the non-enveloped viruses P100 and MS2. However, for the first time, a correlation has been demonstrated between the effects of ILs on enveloped viruses, bacteria and enzyme inhibition. These identified SARs serve as a sound starting point for further studies. Full article
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ON the Nature of Ionic Liquid Gating of La2−xSrxCuO4
by Hasan Atesci, Wouter Gelling, Francesco Coneri, Hans Hilgenkamp and Jan M. Van Ruitenbeek
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(2), 566; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19020566 - 13 Feb 2018
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Ionic liquids have recently been used as means of modulating the charge carrier properties of cuprates. The mechanism behind it, however, is still a matter of debate. In this paper we report experiments on ionic liquid gated ultrathin La2−xSrxCuO [...] Read more.
Ionic liquids have recently been used as means of modulating the charge carrier properties of cuprates. The mechanism behind it, however, is still a matter of debate. In this paper we report experiments on ionic liquid gated ultrathin La2−xSrxCuO4 films. Our results show that the electrostatic part of gating has limited influence in the conductance of the cuprate in the gate voltage range of 0 to 2 V. A non-electrostatic mechanism takes over for gate voltages below 2 V. This mechanism most likely changes the oxygen concentration of the film. The results presented are in line with previous X-ray based studies on ionic liquid gating induced oxygenation of the cuprate materials YBa2Cu3O7−x and La2−xSrxCuO4. Full article
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Ionic Liquid-Mediated Homogeneous Esterification of Cinnamic Anhydride to Xylans
by Guihua Yang, Huifang Zhou, Jiachuan Chen, Gaojin Lyu, Yuanyuan Xia and Lucian A. Lucia
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2017, 18(12), 2502; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18122502 - 23 Nov 2017
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A new functional biopolymer was synthesized through an ionic liquid-mediated homogeneous grafting of cinnamic anhydride to xylans. The ionic liquid used was 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AMIMCl) ionic liquid. Xylans with degrees of substitution (DS) between 0.11 and 0.57 were accessible in a completely homogeneous [...] Read more.
A new functional biopolymer was synthesized through an ionic liquid-mediated homogeneous grafting of cinnamic anhydride to xylans. The ionic liquid used was 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AMIMCl) ionic liquid. Xylans with degrees of substitution (DS) between 0.11 and 0.57 were accessible in a completely homogeneous system by changing catalysts (NaOH, KOH and LiOH), time, reaction temperature, and cinnamic anhydride/xylan molar ratio. The chemical structure and the thermal stability of the derivatives were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), 13C-NMR spectroscopy, and thermogravimetry. The thermal stability of the derivatives was reduced compared with the original xylan. Possible applications of the cinnamic anhydride-acylated xylan derivatives include wet-end papermaking, organic–inorganic composite films, and hydrogels. Full article
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The Use of Liquids Ionic Fluids as Pharmaceutically Active Substances Helpful in Combating Nosocomial Infections Induced by Klebsiella Pneumoniae New Delhi Strain, Acinetobacter Baumannii and Enterococcus Species
by Andrzej Miskiewicz, Piotr Ceranowicz, Mateusz Szymczak, Krzysztof Bartuś and Paweł Kowalczyk
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(9), 2779; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092779 - 15 Sep 2018
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This review deals with various microbiological activities of ionic liquids, which constitute the first anti-infective defense against multi-drug-resistant bacteria—with a particular emphasis placed on medicine and pharmacology. The quoted data on the biological activity of ionic liquids including their antimicrobial properties (depending on [...] Read more.
This review deals with various microbiological activities of ionic liquids, which constitute the first anti-infective defense against multi-drug-resistant bacteria—with a particular emphasis placed on medicine and pharmacology. The quoted data on the biological activity of ionic liquids including their antimicrobial properties (depending on the type of a cation or an anion) and are discussed in view of possible applications in nosocomial infections. Dedicated attention is given to finding infections with the Klebsiella pneumoniae New Delhi strain, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Enterococcus species, which are responsible for the induction of antibiotic resistance in intensive care units. Diagnosis and treatment using current antibiotics is a significant problem in hospital care, and the relevant burden on the health systems of the European Union member states induces the search for new, effective methods of treatment. Ionic liquids, due to their antibacterial effect, can be considered topical and general medications and may provide the basis for treatment to eliminate the antibiotic resistance phenomenon in the future. At present, the number of infections with resistant pathogens in hospitals and outpatient clinics in the European Union is growing. In 2015–2017, a significant incidence of respiratory and bloodstream infections with bacteria resistant to antibiotics from the 3rd generation group of cephalosporins, glycopeptides, and carbapenems were observed. The paper presents examples of synthesized bifunctional salts with at least one pharmaceutically active ion in obtaining a controlled release, controlled delivery, and biological impact on the pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi. The ionic liquids obtained in the presented way may find applications in the treatment of wounds and infections. Full article
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