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Synthesis of Polymers in Ionic Liquids

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Introduction

Ionic liquids (ILs) are a new and emerging class of solvents for dissolution, regeneration, and chemical modification of natural and synthetic polymers. Based on their outstanding features such as chemically stable, non-flammable, less vapor pressure, easily recyclable, biodegradability, functional variability, and highly soluble, the ILs are widely synthesized and utilized in chemical industries for the fabrication of functional materials [1,2,3,4]. In addition, the synthesis of diverse ionic liquids based on various cations and anions structures are achieving more and more substantial roles in extensive applications such as separation, electrochemistry, energy conversion, catalysis, purification, photoluminescence, analysis, and biomass processing [5, 6]. Besides natural polymers, synthetic polymers are being widely synthesized in ionic liquids for multipurpose applications. The reason behind it is very clear that many polymeric reactions taking place in ionic liquids...

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  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

    Haq Nawaz & Feng Xu

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  1. Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Jinming Zhang

  2. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China

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  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Nawaz, H., Xu, F. (2022). Synthesis of Polymers in Ionic Liquids. In: Zhang, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6739-6_150-1

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