Ionic Liquids in Polymer Systems Solvents, Additives, and Novel Applications

by Brazel, Christopher S.; Rogers, Robin D.

• ISBN13: 9780841239364
• ISBN10: 0841239363
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-25
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

This book includes manuscripts from well-recognized international research groups that have taken different approaches to using ionic liquids in a variety of polymer applications. The chapters on polymer synthesis cover traditional free radical polymerizations, which have been shown to progress rapidly and yield high molecular weight polymers, and reverse atom transfer polymerizations. The ability to tune molecular weights and synthesize block copolymers has been attributed to long free radical lifetimes in ionic liquids. Other chapters cover a variety of uses for ionic liquids in polymer processing, designing specific material properties, and creating novel composites, such as ion gels and ionic liquid-carbon nanotube constructs. This book represents a new and exciting field in polymer chemistry and physics, and is growing rapidly as more fundamental knowledge of ionic liquids is uncovered.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1. Free Radical Polymerization of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate in Various Room Temperature Ionic Liquids	1	(16)
Hongwei Zhang, Kunlun Hong, and Jimmy W. Mays
2. Free Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates in Ionic Liquids	17	(20)
Veronika Strehmel, André Laschewsky, Heide Kraudelt, Hendrik Wetzel, and Eckhard Görnitz
3. Polymer Synthesis in Ionic Liquids: Free Radical Polymerization in Water-Soluble Systems	37	(14)
Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez, Frank Wiesbrock, and Ulrich S. Schubert
4. Reverse Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate in Ionic Liquids	51	(20)
Hongyang Ma and Xinhua Wan
5. Applying Ionic Liquids for Controlled Processing of Polymer Materials	71	(18)
John D. Holbrey, Ji Chen, Megan B. Turner, Richard P. Swatloski, Scott K. Spear, and Robin D. Rogers
6. Novel Solid Polymer Electrolytes Composed of Zwitterionic Liquids and Polymerized Ionic Liquids	89	(14)
Hiroyuki Ohno, Satoko Washiro, and Masahiro Yoshizawa
7. Ionic Liquids as Alternative Plasticizers for Poly(vinyl chloride): Flexibility and Stability in Thermal, Leaching, and UV Environments	103	(16)
Mustafizur Rahman, Hugh W. Shoff, and Christopher S. Brazel
8. Ion Gels Prepared by In Situ Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids as Novel Highly Conductive Polymer Electrolytes	119	(14)
Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan, Akihiro Nada, and Masayoshi Watanabe
9. Cross-Linked Polymers in Ionic Liquids: Ionic Liquids as Porogens	133	(16)
Peter Snedden, Andrew I. Cooper, Yaroslav Z. Khimyak, Keith Scott, and Neil Winterton
10. Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Cross-Linked Poly(ethylene glycol) Networks Used for the Gelation of Ionic Liquids	149	(14)
Marc A. Klingshirn, Scott K. Spear, John D. Holbrey, Jonathan G. Huddleston, and Robin D. Rogers
11. Novel Soft Composite Materials Composed of Ionic Liquids and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes	163	(12)
Takanori Fukushima and Takuzo Aida
12. Application of Trialkylimidazolium Liquids and Salts to the Preparation of Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites and Polymer-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites	175	(16)
Douglas M. Fox, Severine Bellayer, Marius Murariu, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Paul H. Maupin, Hugh C. De Long, and Paul C. Trulove
Indexes
Author Index	191	(2)
Subject Index	193