Advances in Ionic Liquids and Their Various Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Ionic liquids (ILs) as sustainable green solvents have been well developed and gained dramatically increased attention in recent decades due to their extremely unique physiochemical properties, and they have been utilized in numerous applications in the fields of electrochemistry, advanced materials, biomedicine, bio-nanotechnology, energy, environment protection, and so on. Recent advances in Ionic Liquids extends research on the preparation, characterization, and potential applications of ionic liquids. It covers the advanced context of physical, catalytic, chemical, polymeric, and potential applications of ILs.

To harvest more promising novel research from top to bottom and achieve a wide variety of potential applications, the International Journal of Molecular Sciences is currently running a Special Issue entitled “Advances in Ionic Liquids and Their Various Applications”. This Special Issue aims to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends on the advances in ionic liquids. We welcome original research and comprehensive reviews. Research themes include but are not limited to the following:

• Advances in synthesis and characterization of ionic liquids
• Advances in computational simulations of ionic liquids
• Advances in electrochemical applications of ionic liquids
• Advances in chemical applications of ionic liquids
• Ionic liquids in advanced materials
• Advances in biomedicine of ionic liquids
• Ionic liquids as additives
• Ionic liquids in extraction and separation processes
• Ionic liquids in analytical applications
• Ionic liquids in environment protection
• Challenges for future applications

Dr. Qianjin Guo
Guest Editor

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