Adsorption and Structure at Ionic Liquid Interfaces

近年来，离子液体(ILS)已成为一种重要的环境友好的合成溶剂，但基于其特殊物理性质的应用仍未得到充分开发。这个项目将产生对ILS的重要的新的基本理解，并在荣誉、研究生和博士后水平上培训年轻的研究人员使用ILS和先进的表征技术。该项目的成果将通过促进在专业产品中使用ILS来开发新的或改进的技术。例子包括新型润滑剂、催化介质、表面涂层、纳米结构自组装支架和复合材料、纳米颗粒合成和药物输送系统。

Ionic liquids (ILs) have recently emerged as important environmentally-friendly solvents for synthesis, but applications based on their unusual physical properties have been vastly under-exploited. This project will generate significant new fundamental understanding of ILs, and train young researchers in the use of ILs and advanced characterization techniques at honours, postgraduate and postdoctoral levels. The results of this project will enable the development of new or improved technologies by facilitating the use of ILs in specialised products. Examples include novel lubricants, catalytic mediums, surface coatings, nanostructured self-assembled scaffolds and composite materials, nanoparticle synthesis, and drug-delivery systems.