Ionic Liquids: Science and Applications

Content: PREFACE ; 1. IONIC LIQUID FUELS FOR CHEMICAL PROPULSION ; STEFAN SCHNEIDER, TOM HAWKINS, YONIS AHMED, STEPHAN DEPLAZES, AND JEFF MILLS ; 2. IONIC LIQUIDS IN ELECTROSPRAY PROPULSION SYSTEMS ; BENJAMIN D. PRINCE, BRUCE A. FRITZ, AND YU-HUI CHIU ; 3. DECOMPOSITION AND COMBUSTION OF IONIC LIQUID COMPOUND SYNTHESIZED ; FROM N,N,N',N'-TETRAMETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE AND NITRIC ACID ; SHIQING WANG AND STEFAN T. THYNELL ; 4. IONIC LIQUID-BASED ELECTROLYTES FOR HIGH ENERGY, SAFER LITHIUM BATTERIES ; G. B. APPETECCHI, M. MONTANINO, AND S. PASSERINI ; 5. DEVELOPMENT AND SELECTION OF IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES FOR HYDROXIDE ; CONDUCTING POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE MEMBRANES IN ALKALINE FUEL CELLS ; ELISE B. FOX, HECTOR R. COLON-MERCADO, YUANXIN CHEN, AND W. S. WINSTON HO ; 6. NATURAL FIBER WELDING: IONIC LIQUID FACILITATED BIOPOLYMER MOBILIZATION ; AND REORGANIZATION ; LUKE M. HAVERHALS, MATTHEW P. FOLEY, E. KATE BROWN, DOUGLAS M. FOX, ; HUGH C. DE LONG, AND PAUL C. TRULOVE ; 7. ADVANCED BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIALS FROM IONIC LIQUID SOLUTIONS ; MIRELA L. MAXIM, JACQUELINE F. WHITE, LEAH E. BLOCK, GABRIELA GURAU, AND ; ROBIN D. ROGERS ; 8. DEGRADATION OF CHITIN UTILIZING ACID FUNCTIONALIZED IONIC LIQUIDS ; TECHNOLOGY ; W. MATTHEW REICHERT, ARSALAN MIRJAFARI, JAMES H. DAVIS JR., TAYLOR GOODIE, ; NATHAN G. WILLIAMS, VIVIAN HO, MATTHEW YODER, AND MAELYNN LA ; 9. LIPID-INSPIRED IONIC LIQUIDS CONTAINING LONG-CHAIN APPENDAGES: NOVEL ; CLASS OF BIOMATERIALS WITH ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS ; ARSALAN MIRJAFARI, RICHARD A. O>'BRIEN, SAMUEL M. MURRAY, KAILA M. MATTSON, ; NILOUFAR MOBARREZ, KEVIN N. WEST, AND JAMES H. DAVIS JR. ; 10. GAS SOLUBILITY IN IONIC LIQUIDS: MIXED GASES IN PURE IONIC LIQUIDS AND ; SINGLE GASES IN BINARY LIQUID MIXTURES ; DIRK TUMA AND GERD MAURER ; 11. IONIC LIQUIDS IN EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION OF ETHANOL/WATER: FROM LABORATORY ; TO PILOT PLANT ; G. WYTZE MEINDERSMA, ESTEBAN QUIJADA-MALDONADO, TIM A. M. AELMANS, ; JUAN PABLO GUTIERREZ HERNANDEZ, AND ANDRE B. DE HAAN ; 12. AL2O3-BASED NANOPARTICLE-ENHANCED IONIC LIQUIDS (NEILS) FOR ADVANCED ; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS ; ANN E. VISSER, NICHOLAS J. BRIDGES, BRENDA L. GARCIA-DIAZ, JOSHUA R. GRAY, AND ; ELISE B. FOX ; 13. OKE SPECTROSCOPY AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF NONPOLAR AND ; POLAR MOLECULES IN IONIC LIQUIDS ; EDWARD L. QUITEVIS, FEHMI BARDAK, DONG XIAO, LARRY G. HINES, JR., PILLHUN SON, ; RICHARD A. BARTSCH, PENG YANG, AND GREGORY A. VOTH ; 14. PROBING THE INTERFACE OF CHARGED SURFACTANTS IN IONIC LIQUIDS BY XPS ; LANG G. CHEN AND HARRY BERMUDEZ ; EDITORS' BIOGRAPHIES ; INDEXES ; AUTHOR INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX