SPP 1191:  Ionic Liquids

The Priority Programme is dedicated to improving understanding of the special nature of ionic liquids through fundamental research. Therefore, the main goal of the programme is the detailed investigation of the interactions between the components of an ionic liquid (ions and ion clusters), on the one hand, and of the nature of interactions between ionic liquids and dissolved substances or between ionic liquids and interphases, on the other. We hope that this research effort will lead to experimentally validated models that will enable the structural optimisation of ionic liquids to achieve given or desired property profiles. Such models are considered to be the key to accelerating future development in ionic liquid research. The following three central research fields have been defined.
(1) Order, dynamics and structure of ionic liquids:
In the past very few systematic studies have been carried out to elucidate the order, dynamics and structure of ionic liquids. However, in these few investigations interesting and unusual phenomena have been observed which should be explained, understood and further developed. Examples of such phenomena are ion cluster formation and the liquid crystalline behaviour of some ionic liquids. The contributions of different influences (Coulombic interaction, hydrogen-bonding, van-der-Waals forces) to these effects have to be understood and will have to be discussed in the light of specific chemical structures of cation/anion combinations.
(2) Interaction of ionic liquids with dissolved substances and interphase interactions:In this part of the programme the specific solvation properties of ionic liquids and their interphase interactions are under investigation. Examples of probes for the solvation experiments include molecular compounds of different polarity, dissolved ions, electrons, metal complexes or transition states of reactions. Examples of interphase-ionic liquid interactions include interactions with surfaces of metals, with organic or inorganic solids as well as with the surfaces of poorly miscible or immiscible fluids.
(3) New structures forming ionic liquids:This field of the programme aims to expand the known range of structures that form ionic liquids. Examples of this field include new, highly functionalised or chiral ionic liquids.

DFG Programme Priority Programmes

• Calculation to study reactions and impurities in ionic liquids as well as the gas phase behavior and thermal stability (Applicant Kirchner, Barbara )
• Characterization and Kinetics of Microheterogenities in Ionic Liquids (Applicant Rathke, Bernd )
• Charcterization of the nature of interactions in ionic liquid co-solvent mixtures by dynamic light scattering (DLS) (Applicant Fröba, Andreas Paul )
• Charge transport and glassy dynamics in ionic liquids (Applicant Kremer, Friedrich )
• Chiral Functionalised Ionic Liquids as Reaction Media (Applicant Leitner, Walter )
• Chirality transfer in ionic liquids via ion pairing effects (Applicant Wasserscheid, Peter )
• Coordinator's proposal for the priority programme "Ionic Liquids" (SPP 1191) (Applicant Wasserscheid, Peter )
• Design of Catalytic Ionic Liquids for Oxidation Catalysis (Applicant Sundermeyer, Jörg )
• Dielectric and optical Kerr-effect spectroscopy into the dynamics of ionic liquids (Applicants Buchner, Richard ;  Walther, Markus )
• Dielectric spectroscopy of ion pairing and ion clustering in mixtures of ionic liquids with molecular solvents (Applicant Weingärtner, Hermann )
• Dielectric spectroscopy of the dynamics and association of ionic liquids mixed with polar compounds (Applicant Buchner, Richard )
• Experimental and theoretical studies on the mechanistic behaviour of catalytic-relevant metal complexes in ionic liquids (Applicant van Eldik, Rudi )
• How conformation matters: Ionic liquids as reaction media for oxidative folding and native chemical ligation of cysteine-containing peptides (Applicant Imhof, Diana )
• Impact of ionic liquids on the conformation of peptides and proteins (Applicant Bordusa, Frank )
• In situ NMR spectroscopy as a tool to investigate inter-ionic distances, molecular interactions and dynamics in ionic liquids (Applicant Giernoth, Ralf )
• Interactions, Dynamics and Structure in the Ionic Liquid-scCO2 system (Applicant Leitner, Walter )
• Interactions of Aprotic and Functionalized Ionic Liquids with Radicals (Applicant Strehmel, Veronika )
• Interfaces between ionic liquids and low temperature plasmas - A novel type of fluid/fluid interface (Applicants Endres, Frank ;  Janek, Jürgen )
• Intermolecular interactions in ionic liquids studied by THz, far IR and Raman spectroscopy (Applicant Ludwig, Ralf )
• Investigations of ionic liquid - solute systems by surface sensitive spectroscopic techniques - part of the initiative "Shaping micro- and macroscopic properties of ionic liquid-solute systems" (Applicant Morgner, Harald )
• Ionic liquid mesophases and their structural and physiochemical properties (Applicant Mudring, Anja-Verena )
• Ionic liquid surface science (Applicants Steinrück, Hans-Peter ;  Wasserscheid, Peter )
• Ionic liquids with transition metal complex anions - magnetic ionic liquids (Applicant Köckerling, Martin )
• Microheterogenities and Crossover from Ising to Mean Field Criticality in Solutions of Ionic Liquids (Applicant Schröer, Wolfram )
• Modelling of the supported ionic-liquid-Phase (SILP) catalyst system (Applicant Arlt, Wolfgang )
• Multiphase equilibria in systems containing ionic liquids: Experimental investigations of phenomena and molecular modeling (Applicant Hasse, Hans )
• Multiscale simulations on the structure and dynamics of ionic liquids (Applicants Berger, Robert ;  Delle Site, Luigi ;  Holm, Christian )
• Polarity of pure ionic liquids and at the phase boundary with inorganic solid catalysts (Applicant Spange, Stefan )
• Predicting frequency dependent cross-relaxation rates from Molecular Dynamics simulations to provide a basis for a reliable interpretation of experimental NOE data (Applicant Paschek, Dietmar )
• Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Investigations of Ionic Liquids and Comparison to Complementary Methods (Applicant Hempelmann, Rolf )
• Shaping micro- and macroscopic properties of ionic liquid-solute systems: multifunctional task-specific (solvent, catalyst, water scavenger) agents (Applicant Stark, Annegret )
• STM and QCM investigation of refractory metal electrodeposition in ionic liquids: influence of the ionic liquid on the electroreduction processes of the respective refractory metal halides (Applicants Bund, Andreas ;  Endres, Frank )
• Structure and dynamics ofthe interfacial layer between ionic liquids and electrode materials (Applicants Endres, Frank ;  Roling, Bernhard )
• Surface electronic structure, solvation properties of simple atoms and ions studied by electron spectroscopy and density functional theory (Applicant Krischok, Stefan )
• Synthesis of new ionic liquids (Applicant Straßner, Thomas )
• Synthesis, Stability and Electrochemical Characterization of New Ionic Liquids Based on Asymmetrical Borates (Applicant Gores, Heiner J. )
• The contribution of different molecular interaction potentials to the chemical potential of ionic liquid ions in various chemical environments (Applicants Krossing, Ingo ;  Thöming, Jorg )
• The study of the vapor pressure and the enthalpy of vaporization of ionic liquids (Applicant Verevkin, Sergey )
• Time-resolved laser spectroscopy of reactive and nonreactive processes in ionic liquids and their mixtures with carbon dioxide (Applicants Ernsting, Nikolaus P. ;  Lenzer, Thomas ;  Oum, Kawon )
• Transition metal compounds as probes for ionic liquid acidity (Applicant Mudring, Anja-Verena )
• Triborheology and molecular structure of novel ionic liquids influenced by flow and electric fields (IL-Triborheology) (Applicants Friedrich, Christian ;  Kailer, Andreas )
• Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of ionic liquids using solvated electrons as a probe (Applicant Unterreiner, Andreas-Neil )
• Understanding and predicting the physical properties of ILs: (Monte Carlo augmented) Born-Fajans-Haber-Cycle approaches, a systematic temperature dependent experimental and theoretical investigation of the molecular and free volumes of solid and liquid ILs (Applicants Koslowski, Thorsten ;  Krossing, Ingo ;  Verevkin, Sergey )
• Understanding the interaction between enzymes, ionic liquids and water (Applicant Kragl, Udo )
• Viscosities and other dynamic properties of ionic liquids by molecular dynamics simulations and structure-properts relations (Applicant Müller-Plathe, Florian )

Spokesperson Professor Dr. Peter Wasserscheid