title: Interface properties of ionic liquids containing metal ions: features and potentialities.
abstract: Interfaces and surfaces are the regions where important events happen: catalysis, molecular recognition, charge transfer, polymerization, and many other critical processes take place at the boundary between one medium and another. In this article we discuss the interface (liquid/air) properties of ionic liquids (ILs) containing dissolved metal ions with the aim to show the possibility to use metal salts to transform ILs and their surfaces into engineered liquid supports to apply in material sciences, separation procedures or to use as optical devices.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Risorgimento 35, 56126 Pisa, Italy. cinziac@farm.unipi.it
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiappe
authors.forename: Christian Silvio
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pomelli
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bardi
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caporali
mesh_terms: D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: C525963:1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium; D007093:Imidazoles; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D007477:Ions; D008670:Metals