Nikolaos F Matsatsinis

Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids - NATO Science Series II Nikolaos F Matsatsinis 2002 edition

Marc Notes: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 12-16 April 2000--T.p. verso.; Includes index. Table of Contents: Preface. Obituary: Prof. Murray H. Brooker. Introductory Address. Potential for Use of Ionic Liquids in Czech Industry; J. Kotlan. Potential to Apply Ionic Liquids in Industry: Exemplified for the Use as Solvents in Industrial Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis; P. Wasserscheid. Ionic Liquids as Catalysts for Ethylbenzene Production; M. P. Atkins, C. Bowlas, B. Ellis, F. Hubert, A. Rubatto, P. Wasserscheid. Applications of Ionic Liquids to Biphasic Catalysis; H. Olivier-Bourbigou, F. Hugues. High-Temperature NMR Studies of Ionic-Liquid Catalysts; O. B. Lapina, V. V. Terskikh, B. S. Bal'zhinimaev, K. M. Eriksen, R. Fehrmann. Ionic Liquids as Alternatives to Traditional Organic and Inorganic Solvents; R. Pagni. The Pros and Cons of Using Ionic Liquids in the Pharmaceutical Industry; R. M. Freer, A. Curzons. Room Temperature Ionic Liquids as Replacements for Traditional Organic Solvents and their Applications towards 'Green Chemistry' in Separation Processes; A. E. Visser, R. P. Swatloski, W. M. Reichert, H. D. Willauer, J. G. Huddleston, R. D. Rogers. Application of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids to the Chemical Processing of Biomass-Derived Feedstocks; L. Moens, N. Khan. Room-Temperature Sulfur Chloride Ionic Liquids in Processes for the Isolation of Noble and Other Metals; V. I. Pekhnyo, S. V. Volkov, N. G. Alexandrova. Ionic Liquids for Oil Shale Treatment; M. Koel, K. Hollis, J. Rubin, T. Lombardo, B. Smith. Ionic Liquids in the Nuclear Industry: Solutions for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle; W. R. Pitner, A. E. Bradley, D. W. Rooney, D. Sanders, K. R. Seddon, R. C. Thied, J. E. Hatter. Non-Invasive Spectroscopic On-Line Methods to Monitor Industrial Processes: A Review; M. H. BrookerDAGGER, R. W. Berg. Ionic Liquids as Catalysts for Sulfuric Acid Production and Cleaning ofFlue Gases; R. Fehrmann, K. M. Eriksen, S. B. Rasmussen. Modelling the Liquid Behaviour of Ionic Liquids; E. A. Gontcharenko, P. F. Zil'berman, V. S. Znamenskii. The Challenges of Building a Molten Salt Database; J. Fuller, M. Gaune-Escard. The Past, Present and Future of Ionic Liquids as Battery Electrolytes; J. Wilkes. Radical-Ion Melts of Aluminium, Gallium and Sulfur Halides for Novel Power Sources; S. V. Volkov, Z. A. Fokina, O. G. Yanko. Electrochemistry of Niobium, Tantalum and Titanium in Low-Temperature Carbamide-Halide Melts; N. Tumanova, O. Boyko, N. Buryak, S. Kochetova. Electrochemistry of Niobium in Rubidium and Caesium Halide and Oxohalide Melts, and the Electrochemical Synthesis of Novel Niobium Compounds; V. V. Grinevitch, A. V. Arakcheeva, S. A. Kuznetsov. Photochemistry in Ionic Liquids; C. M. Gordon. Ionic Liquids Derived from Natural Products and Other Novel Chemistries: Synthesis and Chemistry of Ionic Liquids Composed of Functionalised Ions; J. H. Davis, Jr. Ionic Liquids and Supercritical CO2; L. A. Blanchard, Z. Gu, J. F. Brennecke, E. J. Beckman. Acids and Bases in Ionic Liquids; K. E. Johnson. Ionic Liquid Crystals as Universal Matrices (Solvents): Main Criteria for Ionic Mesogenicity; T. A. Mirnaya, S. V. Volkov. Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Organic Synthesis; A. R. Sethi, P. Smith, N. Srinivasan, T. Welton. East-West Collaboration within the NATO Science Programme: Opportunities and Project Management; S. Boghosian. Alkane and Cycloalkane Transformations in Superelectrophilic Liquids; I. S. Akhrem, A. V. Orlinkov, M. E. Vol'pin. The Dissolution of Kerogen in Ionic Liquids; Y. Patell, K. R. Seddon, L. Dutta, A. Fleet. Electrochemical Synthesis of Volatile Metal Complexes, as Precursors for Functional"Publisher Marketing: Devoted to research in the area of ionic liquids - salts with melting points below 100 degrees centigrade - this text explores the promise of ionic liquids and sets the research agenda for the field. With a distinct bias towards actual industrial research and development applications, the book is virtually a manifesto for the new age of Green Chemistry. The major industrial challenges to sustainability - the book's leitmotiv - are: reducing water use; increasing energy efficiency; reducing reliance of fossil fuel feedstocks; increasing use of renewables; including sustainability as a major economic criterion. Thereafter, the book goes on to consider precisely where ionic liquids can help in achieving this new vision, via new techniques, new processes, new reactions. The safety/health/environment properties of the ionic liquids are also considered. Finally, it is clear that there needs to be a major increase in the number of workers studying ionic liquids if this promise of a new Green Chemistry is to be achieved.

Contributor Bio:  Rogers, Robin D Prof. Joan F. Brennecke obtained her B. S. in Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (1984) and both her M. S. (1987) and Ph. D. (1989) in Chemical Engineering at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently a Keating-Crawford Professor at Notre Dame and Directorof the Notre Dame Energy Center. Brennecke's research is primarily focused on experimental aspects of thermodynamics and separations, with particular interest in supercritical fluids and ionic liquids. Dr. Robin D. Rogers obtained both his B. S. in Chemistry (1978, Summa Cum Laude) and his Ph. D. in Chemistry (1982) at The University of Alabama and is currently a Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Green Manufacturing at UA. Rogers holds three patents and has published over 500papers on a diverse array of topics including structural chemistry, green separation science and technology, room temperature ionic liquids, and aqueous biphasic separations. Prof. Kenneth R. Seddon obtained both his BSc (1970, First Class) and his PhD (1973) in Chemistry at the University of Liverpool, and his MA at Oxford University (1974). He currently holds the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, and is Director of the QUILL Centre, at The Queen's University of Belfast. He is inventor on over 20 patents, has published over 220 papers, co-authored four books, and co-edited four books (including this one). Research interests include ionic liquids, green chemistry, crystal engineering, coordination chemistry, conservation of ancient Chinese documents, and chemicalweapons.