Ionic Liquids III: Fundamentals, Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
Sponsored by the
ACS Division
of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Green Chemistry &
Engineering Subdivision
Separation Science &
Technology Subdivision
Green Chemistry Institute
226th
American Chemical Society National Meeting
Join us for “Ionic Liquids III:
Fundamentals, Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities”
a five-day symposium during the 226th ACS National Meeting (
OVERVIEW OF THE
SYMPOSIUM
The symposium will consist of 10 half-day sessions of oral presentations and one poster session. Over 125 presentations on the latest in ionic liquid R&D will be presented.
The first session will begin Sunday morning
‘Ionic
Liquids’ are now defined as salts that melt below about 100 °C. It should be noted that these salts are not
‘defined’ as ‘green’, and care must be taken when examining materials with
unknown toxicity, BOD, etc. Ionic liquids define a class of fluids rather than a small group of individual examples – ionic
liquids can be designed to be flammable, unstable, or even toxic. Whilst this may be obvious to many in the
field, it is clear that confusion can occur leading to an implicit assumption
that all ionic liquids are always (i) green, (ii) non-toxic, and (iii)
environmentally friendly, or (indeed) the converse. As scientists and engineers, we must continue
to present a balanced view of ionic liquids and strive to answer questions
regarding the environmental sustainability of their use.
The
Figure illustrates the growth in publications on ionic liquids based on papers
containing the phase ‘ionic liquid’ in the title, abstract or keywords. If this trend is continued into the future
then at least another 500 papers will have appeared by the time of the New York
2003 ACS meeting.
It
can be seen, both by the range and quality of contributions and also the vastly
increased volume of publications in the open and patent literature, that
significant efforts are being made in utilizing ionic liquids in green
chemistry. It is clear that progress is indeed being made, and that
the prospects for the future are
good, based on the continuing commitment to excellent and innovative research
from both industry and academia.
For
these reasons, we are planning this third symposium in
SESSIONS AND ORGANIZERS
SUNDAY MORNING: Fuels & Applications
(J. H. Davis Jr., Organizer, Presiding)
SUNDAY
AFTERNOON: Physical/Thermo Properties
(L. P. N. Rebelo, Organizer, Presiding)
SUNDAY
EVENING: Experience Based Tutorials; Question & Answer Session
(R. D. Rogers, K. R. Seddon, J. F. Brennecke, T. Welton, and J. D. Holbrey, Organizers, Presiding)
MONDAY
MORNING: Catalysis/Synthesis
(P. Wasserscheid, Organizer, Presiding)
MONDAY
AFTERNOON: Spectroscopy
(S. Pandey, Organizer, Presiding)
TUESDAY
MORNING: Separations
(B. Tumas, Organizer, Presiding)
TUESDAY
AFTERNOON: Novel Applications
(R. A. Mantz and P. C. Trulove, Organizers, Presiding)
TUESDAY
EVENING: Poster Session:
(R. D. Rogers, Organizer, Presiding)
WEDNESDAY
MORNING: Novel Applications: Polymers & Gels
(M. Watanabe and H. Ohno, Organizers,
Presiding)
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON: Electrochemistry
(D. R. MacFarlane, Organizer, Presiding)
THURSDAY
MORNING: Inorganic/Materials
(M. Deetlefs and J. D. Holbrey, Organizers, Presiding)
THURSDAY
AFTERNOON: General Contributions
(R. D. Rogers and K. R. Seddon, Organizers, Presiding)
OVERALL PROGRAMS AND ABSTRACTS
Complete I&EC Program
All Ionic Liquid Symposium Abstracts (unsorted)
HOUSING AND
REGISTRATION
Click here for Registration and Housing on the ACS web site
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SPEAKERS AND ATTENDEES MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THE MEETING SYMPOSIUM
ORGANIZERS Robin D. Rogers Kenneth R. Seddon Sponsorships
Center for Green Manufacturing
The
RDRogers@bama.ua.edu
The Queen's
Stranmillis Road
k.seddon@qub.ac.uk
Center for Green Manufacturing
The University of Alabama 
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts & Sciences
Office for Sponsored Programs
Ionic Liquid Laboratory (QUILL)
Queen's University of Belfast
School of Chemistry
