8
M. B. Shiflett et al.
Professor Dr. Marco Haumann at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) in
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, [36] wrote Chap. 3 on “Continuous Catalytic Processes with Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Materials.” Dr. Haumann and Professor Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, who is also at FAU and a director of the Helmholtz
Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (HI ERN) for Renewable Energy Production [37, 38],
have pioneered the development of SILP materials as catalysts for numerous reaction
chemistries.
Professor Robin Rogers and Dr. Julia Shamshina at The University of Alabama and
their start-up company
5 [39] provided Chap. 4 entitled “Are Ionic Liquids Enabling
Technology? Startup to Scale-up to Find Out.” This insightful chapter provides the
knowledge needed and the challenges associated with taking a new ionic liquid technology for a novel bio-based material made from chitin from an academic laboratory
to commercialization.
Chapter 5, “Commercial Aspects of Biomass Deconstruction with Ionic Liquids,”
was written by Professor Jason Hallett and his group at Imperial College in London
[40]. Dr. Hallett has pioneered the use of low-cost ionic liquids as a pretreatment step
for biomass fractionation
6 that can dissolve the lignin and hemicellulose leaving a
cellulose-rich pulp ready for saccharification.
Part III provides examples of products that have been developed using ionic liquids. Chapter 6 was written by Professor Daniel Armstrong and his group at the
University of Texas in Arlington [41] and describes the development of a new class
of capillary gas chromatography (GC) columns with stationary phases based on ionic
liquids. His group has synthesized dicationic and polycationic ionic liquids that are
stable to water and oxygen even at high temperatures, which is critical for their use
as stationary phases in GC columns. The columns are now commercially available
7
[42].
Chapter 7 was provided by Dr. Natalia Plechkova, Dr. Martyn J. Earle, and colleagues at the Queen’s University of Belfast in honor of the late Professor Kenneth Seddon (see Preface for dedication). Under Professor Seddon’s leadership,
the Queen’s University Ionic Liquids Laboratory (QUILL) was founded in 1999
to explore, develop, and understand the role of ionic liquids and focuses on their
synthesis, characterization, and applications [43]. The chapter describes a new ionic
liquid–liquid chromatography (ILLC) instrument developed in collaboration with a
commercial partner
8 [44] for performing novel separations. Compounds thought to
be too insoluble or too immiscible with biphasic molecular solvent systems can now
be separated using ILLC.
Chapter 8, entitled “Commercial Production of Ionic Liquids,” was written by
Dr. Thomas Schubert [45]. The company
9 is a commercial supplier of ionic liquids
5 525 Solutions, Inc.
6 IonoSolv, Imperial Innovations.
7 Supelco/Sigma-Aldrich.
8 AECS-QuikPrep ™ Ltd/Quattro.
9 IoLiTec GmbH.
M. B. Shiflett et al.
Professor Dr. Marco Haumann at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) in
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, [36] wrote Chap. 3 on “Continuous Catalytic Processes with Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) Materials.” Dr. Haumann and Professor Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, who is also at FAU and a director of the Helmholtz
Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (HI ERN) for Renewable Energy Production [37, 38],
have pioneered the development of SILP materials as catalysts for numerous reaction
chemistries.
Professor Robin Rogers and Dr. Julia Shamshina at The University of Alabama and
their start-up company
5 [39] provided Chap. 4 entitled “Are Ionic Liquids Enabling
Technology? Startup to Scale-up to Find Out.” This insightful chapter provides the
knowledge needed and the challenges associated with taking a new ionic liquid technology for a novel bio-based material made from chitin from an academic laboratory
to commercialization.
Chapter 5, “Commercial Aspects of Biomass Deconstruction with Ionic Liquids,”
was written by Professor Jason Hallett and his group at Imperial College in London
[40]. Dr. Hallett has pioneered the use of low-cost ionic liquids as a pretreatment step
for biomass fractionation
6 that can dissolve the lignin and hemicellulose leaving a
cellulose-rich pulp ready for saccharification.
Part III provides examples of products that have been developed using ionic liquids. Chapter 6 was written by Professor Daniel Armstrong and his group at the
University of Texas in Arlington [41] and describes the development of a new class
of capillary gas chromatography (GC) columns with stationary phases based on ionic
liquids. His group has synthesized dicationic and polycationic ionic liquids that are
stable to water and oxygen even at high temperatures, which is critical for their use
as stationary phases in GC columns. The columns are now commercially available
7
[42].
Chapter 7 was provided by Dr. Natalia Plechkova, Dr. Martyn J. Earle, and colleagues at the Queen’s University of Belfast in honor of the late Professor Kenneth Seddon (see Preface for dedication). Under Professor Seddon’s leadership,
the Queen’s University Ionic Liquids Laboratory (QUILL) was founded in 1999
to explore, develop, and understand the role of ionic liquids and focuses on their
synthesis, characterization, and applications [43]. The chapter describes a new ionic
liquid–liquid chromatography (ILLC) instrument developed in collaboration with a
commercial partner
8 [44] for performing novel separations. Compounds thought to
be too insoluble or too immiscible with biphasic molecular solvent systems can now
be separated using ILLC.
Chapter 8, entitled “Commercial Production of Ionic Liquids,” was written by
Dr. Thomas Schubert [45]. The company
9 is a commercial supplier of ionic liquids
5 525 Solutions, Inc.
6 IonoSolv, Imperial Innovations.
7 Supelco/Sigma-Aldrich.
8 AECS-QuikPrep ™ Ltd/Quattro.
9 IoLiTec GmbH.