Synthesis of Ionic Liquids

Dear Colleagues,

Ionic liquids are unique organic compounds, mainly because of their attractive properties, including e.g. low vapor pressure, high thermal and electrochemical stability, and high conductivity. They have been investigated in terms of a wide variety of applications, because salts of this type possess potentially useful characteristics, which are dependent on the identities and properties of both ionic constituents.

The focus of this Special Issue "Synthesis of Ionic Liquids" is to collect Short Notes or more extensive Communications describing new ionic liquids. We are especially looking for articles on novel synthetic approaches, significant process changes in already known ionic liquid synthesis procedures or new efficient purification procedures. Research articles should contain more than one of the following significant results: design and synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterization by proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H and ¹³C NMR), infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), elemental analysis, physicochemical properties. Studies which demonstrate any application area of the prepared ionic liquids are more than welcome.

Dr. Joanna Feder-Kubis
Dr. Katarzyna Materna
Guest Editors

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