CALL FOR PAPERS- ABSTRACTS DUE OCTOBER 15, 2000

Ionic Liquids (IL) are emerging as novel replacements for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) traditionally used as industrial solvents, however, the lack of a coherent research agenda for the field with major industrial input to define the basic science and engineering needs for practical application may be artificially holding back utilization of these green solvents. The goals of the symposium include the following:

To provide a critical assessment of current knowledge in the field

To compare where possible IL with work using sc-CO₂ and aqueous media

To identify key industrial needs for IL technologies

To identify research needs to meet industrial needs

To identify the promise and challenges of IL for the future

To accomplish these goals, the symposium will bring together a team from wide professional experience including industrial, academic, and government research personnel. The participants will be drawn from several disciplines and interest including chemical engineering, medicinal chemistry, petrochemicals, electrochemistry, separations, synthesis, catalysis, and computational modeling. Their areas of expertise will include green chemistry and engineering, high temperature molten salts, room temperature ionic liquids, industrial technologies, pollution prevention/remediation, and environmental regulation.

Contributed and invited papers will be considered for both oral and poster presentation at the meeting. Abstracts will be submitted electronically via the ACS web site http://www.acs.org/meetings/sandiego2001/. The abstracts are due in October 15, 2000. For additional information, please contact the organizers.