Enabling Technologies for A Sustainable Future: Ionic Liquids as Transformative Tools in Nanomaterials Synthesis

Nanomaterials have become indispensable for modern life. Many advanced technologies critically depend on nanomaterials with engineered structures and properties. Technological borders could be pushed further if more powerful tools for the synthesis of nanomaterials could be made available.

This project aims at the exploration of how ionic liquids (room temperature molten salts) direct the formation of nanomaterials at the atomic level. As a result, this will allow the design of ionic liquids as molecular tools for the tailored creation of a desired nanostructure. Furthermore, this transformative synthetic access will open up the door to new materials and green technologies to meet the challenges of a sustainable society.