What is it about?
Ionic liquids are recognised as designer liquids, thanks to their extremely diverse properties. However, it is not straightforward to decide which ionic liquid will have which property. The reason for this is that the properties are often the result of many overlapping variables. Here, we present a systematic approach to disentangle this overlap.
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Why is it important?
Ionic liquids are an emerging class of designer liquids with a wide range of applications. Examples of applications are electrolytes in (Lithium) batteries, working fluids under extreme conditions such as the vacuum of space, or biomass processing. Each of these applications requires a liquid with a very specific set of properties. Being able to manipulate the properties of ionic liquids is absolutely crucial to live up to the promise of "designer liquids".
Perspectives
The approach of "Targeted Modifications" presented here is already often used in the literature, often intuitively. It is important to explicitly incorporate this way of thinking into future experimental and theoretical studies to extract as much information as possible.
Frederik Philippi
Imperial College London
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This page is a summary of: Targeted modifications in ionic liquids – from understanding to design, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00216c.
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