Ionic liquids: from fundamentals to applications
Workshop
Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) or salts with melting points below 100 °C as well as deep eutectic solvents, have attracted attention for the development of “green chemistry” since, with their low vapour pressure and a good thermal stability, they are possible alternatives for organic solvents. The technological potentialities of ionic liquids are huge and the exploration of new technologies in fields such as electrochemistry, catalysis, purification technologies, environmental remediation, materials and sustainable energy is progressing very fast. Fundamental aspects related to the structure, properties and reactivity of these liquids are however key issues that need to be explored and discussed for the understanding of the impact of RTILs on these fields and the elaboration of new chemical strategies. The main scientific objective of this international workshop is to generate discussions between experimentalists and theoreticians, involved in fundamental and applied research to reach some better knowledge of the reactivity of ionic liquids.
Invited Speakers
Andrew P. Abbott (University of Leicester, UK)
Koen Binnemans (KUL, Belgium)
João AP Coutinho (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Marta Feroci (University of Roma, Italy)
Bernard Gilbert (ULg, Liège, Belgium)
Patricia Hunt (Imperial College London, UK)
Alexei Kornyshev (Imperial College London, UK)
Corinne Lagrost (University of Rennes I, France)
Enn Lust (University of Tartu, Estonia)
Douglas Mac Farlane (Monash University, Australia)
Claudio J. Margulis (University of Iowa, USA)
Hiroyuki Ohno (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)
Mathieu Salanne (Sorbonne University, UPMC, France)
Katharina Schröder (Vienna U. of Technology, Austria)
Kenneth Seddon (Queen’s University, Belfast, UK)
Cristina Silva Pereira (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Tom Welton (Imperial College London, UK)
Scientific Committee
Andrew P. Abbott (University of Leicester, UK)
Koen Binnemans (KUL, Belgium)
Claudine Buess-Herman (ULB, Belgium) *Chairperson
Bernard Gilbert (ULg, Belgium)
Barbara Kirchner (Univerisity of Bonn, Germany)
Douglas Mac Farlane (Monash University, Australia)
Hiroyuki Ohno (Tokyo University of of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)
Kenneth Seddon (Queen’s University, Belfast, UK)
Herman Terryn (VUB, Belgium)
Tom Welton (Imperial College London, UK)
Organising Committee
Koen Binnemans (KUL, Belgium)
Claudine Buess-Herman (ULB, Belgium) *Chairperson
Thomas Doneux (ULB, Belgium)
Annick Hubin (VUB, Belgium)
Zineb Mekhalif (UNamur, Belgium)
Christian Stevens (UGhent, Belgium)
Herman Terryn (VUB, Belgium)
