Ionic Systems in Materials Science

Despite the impressive developments that materials
science has achieved in the last decades, there are
still much more challenges to be solved, and
chemical, physical, and biological phenomena to be
understood in the field. This has the main goal of
creating environmentally-friendly, more efficient
and cheaper materials, and processes for their
production; materials science will always offer
endless opportunities for research and development.
Nowadays, it is thought that ionic interactions are
key factors for understanding many fundamental
phenomena in materials science. Thus, this work
discusses practical applications of emerging and
classic ionic systems -ionic liquids and ionic
polymerizations- in the development of new materials
and efficient processes for their fabrication. The
discussed topics are illustrated with potential
and/or established applications. The novel and
efficient methods proposed herein permit the
preparation of new functional polymers, smart
materials, and systems based on ionic interactions.
These new methods and materials might certainly have
a positive impact on the society and its constant
search for new and better materials.

Autorentext
studied chemical engineering and materials science (BS) at the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), (MSc) at the Celaya Institute of Technology (México), and (PhD) at the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). Founder and CEO of Ioniqa Technologies -high performance fluids and materials- (The Netherlands).

Klappentext
Despite the impressive developments that materials science has achieved in the last decades, there are still much more challenges to be solved, and chemical, physical, and biological phenomena to be understood in the field. This has the main goal of creating environmentally-friendly, more efficient and cheaper materials, and processes for their production; materials science will always offer endless opportunities for research and development. Nowadays, it is thought that ionic interactions are key factors for understanding many fundamental phenomena in materials science. Thus, this work discusses practical applications of emerging and classic ionic systems -ionic liquids and ionic polymerizations- in the development of new materials and efficient processes for their fabrication. The discussed topics are illustrated with potential and/or established applications. The novel and efficient methods proposed herein permit the preparation of new functional polymers, smart materials, and systems based on ionic interactions. These new methods and materials might certainly have a positive impact on the society and its constant search for new and better materials.