RESEARCH PROGRESS ON PREDICTION MODELS FOR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF IONIC LIQUID

Abstract

The field of ionic liquid has gained rapid growth in recent years and occupied a forefront in green chemistry. As a useful instrument to the research and development of novel ionic liquids, the physical properties are of utmost importance. Thus, great efforts have been made to obtain these important data, as it is far from getting sufficient physiochemical information for intensive and extensive investigation which consequently becomes a bottleneck for the theoretical and applicable research of ionic liquids. Additionally, with the given immeasurable possible ionic liquids by various cation and anion combinations, it is an impossible task to find an ideal ionic liquid with desired physical properties using conventionally "try and error" process. For these reasons, exploration of novel prediction models for physical properties of ionic liquid is imperative. This paper gives an overview of recent progress of various prediction models.