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Preface The purpose of this book is to provide an update on some of the latest research and applications in the broad field of ionic liquids. This volume spans research and development activities ranging from fundamental and experimental investigations to commercial applications. A brief history of the field is included, as well as both new developments and reviews organized in the general topical areas of applications, materials, biomass processing, and fundamental studies. This text was developed from a selection of papers presented in a two-session symposium entitled Ionic Liquids: Current and Future Trends at the 251st American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting which was held in San Diego, California on March 14, 2016. The symposium was organized by Aaron Scurto, a professor from the University of Kansas, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. The symposium was a virtual “who’s who” in the field of ionic liquids and thus the book chapters are written by some of the leading experts in the field. The symposium was held in honor of Dr. Mark B. Shiflett who was named a Division Fellow by the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Division of the American Chemical Society. He received the award in recognition of his research at the DuPont Company which has impacted both applied chemistry and chemical engineering. Dr. Shiflett was honored specifically for: •
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Working with his team to invent and patent several energy-efficient refrigerant mixtures based on hydrofluorocarbons that replaced ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). These products saved the refrigeration industry hundreds of millions of dollars in retrofit costs and accelerated the transition away from CFCs which has led to the healing of the Earth’s ozone layer. Developing novel materials for hydrogen storage, a next-generation technology for the green manufacturing of titanium dioxide and pioneering work to study the interaction of fluorinated ionic liquids and fluorochemicals. Publishing over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and being an inventor on 44 U.S. patents. Teaching and advising the next generation of chemical engineering students at the University of Delaware in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
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Dr. Shiflett was a Technical Fellow in DuPont Central Research and Development (CR&D) located at the Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Shiflett retired from the DuPont Company in September of 2016 and joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas to continue his research and teaching in the field of ionic liquids.
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Acknowledgments The editors would like to thank first the authors for writing the excellent chapters contained in this book. We would also like to thank the following reviewers for their time to carefully read and provide constructive feedback on each chapter.
Prof. Paschalis Alexandridis, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States Prof. Ewa Andrzejewska, Poznan University, Poxnan, Poland Prof. Gary Baker, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States Prof. Jason Bara, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States Prof. Jason Clyburne, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Prof. Zhifeng Ding, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Prof. Rasmus Fehrmann, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark Dr. Clotilde Gaillard, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France Prof. Rosa Espinosa-Marzal, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States Prof. João Coutinho, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal Dr. Joe Magee, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, United States Prof. Edward Maginn, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States Prof. David Mecerreyes, University of the Basque Country, DonostiaSan Sebastián, Spain Prof. Luís Santos, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Prof. Kenji Takahashi, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
The editors would also like to thank Dr. Kristina Davis and Prof. Ed Maginn at the University of Notre Dame for providing the cover art. The image is from a simulation of an ionic liquid (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, [C2C1Im][Tf2N]) vaporizing. x Shiflett and Scurto; Ionic Liquids: Current State and Future Directions ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2017.
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Finally, we would like to thank the team at ACS books, in particular Elizabeth Hernandez and Aimee Greene, for their support. It is always a pleasure to work with such a professional group of people.
Mark B. Shiflett Foundation Distinguished Professor Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis The University of Kansas Life Sciences Research Laboratory Building A, Suite 110 1501 Wakarusa Drive Lawrence, KS 66047-1803 (785) 864-6719 (telephone)
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Aaron M. Scurto Associate Professor Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis The University of Kansas 4132 Learned Hall 1530 West 15th Street Lawrence, KS 66045-7609 (785) 864-4947 (telephone)
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