Table of Contents
Preface vii
List of Contributors xi
Abbreviations and structures of common ionic liquids xv
1 General review of ionic liquids and their properties Christian Schröder 1
2 Synthesis and characterisation of ionic liquids Katharina Bica 25
3 Chromatography 43
3.1 Ionic liquids and derivatives in gas chromatography María J. Trujllo-Rodríguez Idaira Pacheco-Fernández Arturo A. Rincón Ana M. Afonso Verónica Pino 45
3.2 High performance ionic liquid chromatography Kosukc Kuroda Hiroyuki Ohno 83
3.3 Ionic liquids in capillary electrophoresis Merike Vaher 105
4 Separation/extraction 137
4.1 Novel ionic liquids for liquid - liquid extraction Svetlana V. Smirnova Tatyana O. Samarina Igor V. Pletnev 139
4.2 Ionic liquids-based microextraction techniques Justyna Plotka-Wasylka Jacek Namiesnik 189
5 MMR on ionic liquids Andrea Mele Franca Castiglione 233
6 Sensors and electrochemistry 239
6.1 Electrochemical analysis of heavy metal cations and some anions applying the electrodes modified with ionic liquids Enn Lust Karmen Lust Heili Kasuk 261
6.2 Recent advances in ionic liquid-based gas sensors Chuan Zhao Christian Gunawan Mengchen Ge Richard Gondosiswanto Leigh Aldous 287
6.3 Application of ionic liquids in electronic nose instruments Jacek Gebicki 339
7 Ionic liquids in bioanalysis Kyoko Fujita 361
8 Ionic liquids and green chemistry Cinzia Chiappe Christian Silvio Pomelli 385
9 Future prospects Mihkel Koel 405
Index 411