Advances in Physicochemical Properties of Ionic Liquids

Call for Papers

Ionic liquids are a novel class of molten salts possessing unique combination of particular properties like negligible vapor pressure (∼ 10^-11 to 10^-10 bar at room temperature), wide liquid range temperature (∼ -50 to +250°C), wide electrochemical window (∼ ±3 Volt versus NHE), nonflammability, high ionic conductivity, and a highly solvating capacity for organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds. These properties determine the high potential of these liquids to be exploited as “green solvents”, electrolyte and giving them increasing attention in academic and industrial researches. Simple changes in the cation and anion combinations or in the nature of the moieties attached to each ion allow the physical and chemical properties of ionic liquids to be tailored for specific applications. The research areas on ionic liquids are growing very rapidly, and their potential applications are numerous. Many of these require a thorough knowledge of their thermophysical properties, which are also essential for the process and product design calculations involving separations, heat transfer, mass transfer and fluid flow. However, it is impossible to measure the physical properties of all ionic liquids (billions of different structures feasible from chemical combinations of cation and anion that may form an ionic liquid), and these properties are predicted from different methods developed based on experimental results for a few range of ionic liquids.

The main focus of this special issue will be on the measurements and predictions of the physicochemical properties of pure ionic liquids and their mixtures with other fluids. The special issue will become an international forum for researchers to summarize the most recent developments and ideas in the field, with a special emphasis given to the technical and observational results obtained within the last five years. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Physicochemical properties of ionic liquids
• Thermodynamics and phase behavior of ionic liquids
• Experimental measurements, structure-property correlation, simulation, modeling, theory, and prediction of properties of ionic liquids

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Lead Guest Editor

• Ramesh Gardas, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India

Guest Editors

• Martín Aznar, School of Chemical Engineering, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Avenue Albert Einstein 500, 13083-852 Campinas, SP, Brazil
• Nirmala Deenadayalu, Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4000, South Africa
• Johan Jacquemin, Équipe Chimie de Physique des Interfaces et des Milieux Electrolytiques, Laboratoire PCMB, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France