TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanostructured ionic liquids and their solutions
T2 - Recent advances and emerging challenges
AU - Jiang, Haihui Joy
AU - Atkin, Rob
AU - Warr, Gregory G.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - Many ionic liquids (ILs), and their mixtures and solutions are amphiphilically nanostructured. Here we review recent advances towards understanding the nature of this nanostructure in ionic ILs and related mixtures and solutions, both in bulk and at or near macroscopic interfaces. We propose nanostructure is key for realising the designer solvent promise of ILs, and highlight its potential for translation to new generations of low-cost and environmentally sustainable cation and anion motifs for large-scale applications.
AB - Many ionic liquids (ILs), and their mixtures and solutions are amphiphilically nanostructured. Here we review recent advances towards understanding the nature of this nanostructure in ionic ILs and related mixtures and solutions, both in bulk and at or near macroscopic interfaces. We propose nanostructure is key for realising the designer solvent promise of ILs, and highlight its potential for translation to new generations of low-cost and environmentally sustainable cation and anion motifs for large-scale applications.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047622293&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.05.003
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85047622293
SN - 2452-2236
VL - 12
SP - 27
EP - 32
JO - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
JF - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
ER -