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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 23
(2018) pp 265-272
Ionic Liquids. A Unique and Useful Class of Materials
Ke Ma, Romana Jarošová, Yufeng Wang, Greg M. Swain* and Gary
J. Blanchard*
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 578 S. Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824-1322,
Published: 17 December 2018
Abstract. Room
Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs) are a unique class of materials that hold
much promise for use in areas ranging from energy storage and delivery to
electronically-controlled optical devices and green synthesis. Despite the
already wide use of these materials, much remains to be understood about their
properties and the underlying chemical and physical principles that account for
them. It is the purpose of this article to provide a brief introduction to
ionic liquids, the applications where they find use, and to provide a sense of
the challenges that remain in understanding these materials.
Key Words: Chemistry by Invitation; room temperature ionic liquids
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: blanchard@chemistry.msu.edu)
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