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SUMMARY:Ionic Liquids: Applications in the Chemical-\, Electro- and Bio- S
 ciences - Professor Douglas R MacFarlane\, Monash University
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CONTACT:Sian Bunnage
DESCRIPTION:Ionic liquids are simply organic salts that have melting point
  below 100°C. As liquid salts they offer a range of solvency properties d
 istinctly different from normal molecular solvents. In addition to this\, 
 they are often very stable - thermally\, chemically and electrochemically.
  They have thus found application in a wide variety of contexts from green
  chemistry to medicinal chemistry\, electrochemistry and more recently in 
 the biochemical and biosciences.\nBy way of example\, recent work has show
 n that many medicinally active compounds can be ionic liquids when combine
 d with an appropriate counter-ion\, opening up a huge range of new\, and i
 n some cases dual-active\, pharmaceuticals. They can also be used as novel
  stabilising solvents for proteins\, the stability of the protein being mu
 ch enhanced both with respect to thermal denaturation and also chemical de
 gradation. They have been shown to be very useful in the electro-depositio
 n of metals and semiconductors\, including water-splitting catalysts\, and
  as electrolyte solvents for batteries and solar cells. Their electrochemi
 cal and thermal properties have led to the development of applications in 
 corrosion protection and in lubrication. Certain selected examples are exc
 ellent solvents for biopolymers such as cellulose and lignin.\nThis talk w
 ill survey these fields and discuss future directions emerging in this fas
 cinating new area of chemistry.\nSelected references:\n1. Stoimenovski\, J
 .\; MacFarlane\, D. R.\; Bica\, K.\; Rogers\, R. D.\, Crystalline vs. Ioni
 c Liquid Salt Forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: A Position Paper
 . Pharm. Res. 2010\, 27\, 521-526.\n2. Ionic liquid materials for the elec
 trochemical challenges of the future M. Armand\, F. Endres D. R. MacFarlan
 e\, H. Ohno\, B. Scrosati Nature Materials\, 2009\, 8\, 621-629\,
LOCATION:Unilever Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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