Ionic Liquids Current State and Future Directions ACS Symposium Series

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 book attempts to propel the field forward by bringing together contributions from some of the foremost researchers on ionic liquids. Recent products and new large-scale processes using ionic liquids, both in operation and being announced, indicate that an exciting new chapter in this field is about to begin. The authors summarize some of the history, applications, conferences, books, databases, issues related to data quality and toxicity for researchers working in the field of ionic liquids and includes an overview for each proceeding chapter with an introduction about the authors.

Professor Mark B. Shiflett obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University (1989) and both his M.S. (1998) and Ph.D. (2001) in Chemical Engineering at The University of Delaware under the direction of Professor Henry C. Foley. He is currently a Foundation Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of Kansas in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and is associated with the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis. He is an inventor on 44 U.S. Patents and has published over 70 papers. He worked for the DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware at the Experimental Station for 28 years. Professor Aaron M. Scurto obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at The University of Delaware (1997) and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at The University of Notre Dame (2002) under the direction of Professor Joan F. Brennecke. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Kansas in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and is associated with the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis and the Department of Chemistry. Recently during a sabbatical (2015-2016), he was a visiting scientist at DuPont in Central Research and Development and a visiting professor at the University of Delaware in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department. He has published over 50 papers and has 4 patents/patent applications.