Scientific Program
Program subject to change
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Monday 17 November
9:00am - 9:45am
Terrace
Registration Open | Tea & coffee served
9:45am - 10:00am
Auditorium
Opening Remarks
10:00am - 10:45am
Auditorium
Bonding and Interfaces
Chairs: Rob Atkin & Debbie Silvester-Dean
PLENARY: Surface interactions in highly concentrated electrolytes

Rosa Maria Espinosa-Marzal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
10:45am - 11:15am | Morning Tea
11:15am - 11:50am
Auditorium
Bonding and Interfaces
Chair: Tom Welton
KEYNOTE: A Molecular Window into the Future of Satellite Propulsion: Quantum Chemical Insight into Cluster-Ion Behaviour in Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters

11:50am - 12:35pm
OP-01 – Bio-based Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Jiali (Maggie) Zhai
Deep Eutectic Solvents for Cryopreservation of Stem Cells
Saffron Bryant
Designable in vivo solvents
Kosuke Kuroda
Expanding the scope of enzyme biocatalysis through chemical modification and ionic liquids
Alex Brogan
OP-02 – Emerging and Functional Materials
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Owen Curnow
Protic ionic liquids in multifunctional materials
Nicole Abdou
Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents as a Contrast Agent for Plasmon Enhanced Colorimetric Histology
Kristian Caracciolo
Preferential Interactions in Ionic Liquid Gels and their Effects on Macroscopic Properties
Coby Clarke
OP-03 – Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Auditorium
Chair: Calum Drummond
Translation of Ionic Liquids Research from Academia to Industry
Jason Hallett
From Waste to Wealth – Lixea’s Dendronic Process Scales up Low-cost ionic liquids for waste wood biorefining (BTL)
Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot
Ionic liquid-based reactive extraction of carboxylic acids from aqueous solution
Annegret Stark
12:35pm - 1:50pm | Lunch
1:50pm - 2:25pm
Auditorium
Emerging and Functional Materials
Chair: John Holbrey
KEYNOTE: Thermal Energy Storage Materials: Design of High Energy Storage Capacity Eutectic Systems

Karolina Matuszek, Monash University, Australia
2:25pm - 3:25pm
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Gosia Swadzba-Kwasny
Anti-fouling Ionic Liquid-Based Electrochemical Sensors for Bisphenol A
Elena Gorenskaia
Potential Building Blocks for Renewable Energy Storage Systems: (Perfluoroalkyl)fluorophosphate Ionic Liquids
Tobias Preitschopf
Nanostructure and Dynamics of Ionic Liquid and the Locally Concentrated Ionic Liquid at Electrode Surfaces as a Function of Potential
Hua Li
Electrochemical Behaviour of Tryptophan in Ionic Liquids
Sarah Linden
OP-05 – Theory and Simulations
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Joao Coutinho
IR spectroscopy of Li+ solvation in EmimBF4 and in diglyme
Hyung Kim
Software Tools for Analyzing Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ionic Liquids in Bulk and Confinement
Tom Frömbgen
Molecular Simulation and Machine Learning Applied to Characterize Deep Eutectic Liquid Solvents
Edward Maginn
Integrating Kinetic Modeling and BioSTEAM for Economic Assessment of a Protic IL-Based Biomass Fractionation Process
Antonio Ovejero-Pérez
OP-06 – Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Auditorium
Chair: Kenji Takahashi
Hydrophobic eutectic solvent based on diglycolamide for the recovery of rare earth elements
Guilhem Arrachart
Scale-up and commercialisation of an ionic liquid process for the recovery of rare earth metals from end-of-life NdFeB magnets (BTL)
Fergal Coleman
Solvent Effects on Surfactant Self Assembly in Deep Eutectic Systems
Karen Edler
Investigation of solubility in protic ionic liquids and its implications for biotransformation reactions
Kenny Liu
3:25pm - 3:55pm | Afternoon Tea
3:55pm - 5:15pm
OP-07 – Interfaces & Bonding (mixed)
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Marta Krasowska
Origin of Overpotentials for Metal Electrodeposition in Ionic Liquids: Insights from in-situ Spectroscopic Observation of Interfacial Structures
Kenta Motobayashi
Voltage-driven first-order transition of an adsorbed ionic layer on a metallic electrode
Mathieu Salanne
Continuous and Solvent-Minimized Cellulose Transesterification via Homogeneous Reactive Twin-Screw Extrusion Catalyzed by an Ionic Liquid
Kenji Takahashi
Minimizing Crystallinity Disruption During Surface Acetylation of Bamboo CNFs Using Tetrabutylammonium-Based Ionic Liquids for Cellulose Acetate Reinforcement
Hao Wang
Induced Chirality and Vibrational Optical Activity in an Ionic-Liquid Anion
Katrin Drysch
OP-08 – Electrochemical Energy Applications
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Debra Bernhardt
Post Lithium battery chemistries based on Ionic Liquids – how close to commercialization?
Boyan Iliev
Solvate Ionic Liquid (SILs) Advances in Energy Applications
Timothy Harte
Poly(ionic liquid)s based on cellulose for battery applications
Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Ionic materials for clean energy: the impact of ion structure on performance
Jenny Pringle
CAP-XX Electrical Double Layer Capacitors: Competitive Advantage and Commercialization (BTL)
Calum Drummond AO
OP-09 – Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Auditorium
Chair: Andrea Mele
WITHDRAWN
Wyonics LLC: Leveraging Ionic Liquids to Solve Challenging Sustainability Problems in Wyoming and Beyond (BTL)
Kristin Di Bona
Towards More Sustainable Production of Chitin-Based Materials Using Ionic Liquids
Matthew Lui
Ionic Systems for Pharma and Drug Delivery applications
Luis Branco
5:15pm - 6:00pm
Auditorium
Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Chair: Tom Welton
PLENARY: Ionic Liquids: From Fundamentals to Applications

Suojiang Zhang, Henan University, China
6:00pm - 8:00pm | Welcome Reception
The University Club Terrace
Tuesday 18 November
9:00am - 9:45am
Auditorium
Emerging and Functional Materials
Chair: Margarida Costa Gomes
PLENARY: Deep Eutectic Solvents in Automated Flow Analysis: Green Strategies for Trace Metal and Dye Determination in Food Matrices

9:45am - 10:15am
Auditorium
Bio-based Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics
Chair: Annegret Stark
KEYNOTE: Bioinspired Ionic Liquids: Leveraging Chemistry to Achieve Targeted Drug Delivery

10:15am - 10:45am | Morning Tea
10:45am - 12:30pm
OP-10 – Bonding, Reactivity, Catalysis and Properties
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Jason Hallett
How Ionic Liquids Contributed to Prebiotic Synthesis
Priya Mehta
Tunable (bio)catalysts for sustainable organic synthesis
Anna Chrobok
A Call to Arms to Organic Chemists. Guidelines for the use of ionic liquid mixtures in preparative chemistry
Jason Harper
Exploring the Catalytic Behaviour of Indium Ionic Liquids for Sustainable Alkylation
Katie Savage
Generating Novel Ionic Liquids for Cellulose Processing by Machine Learning
Gyanendra Sharma
Hydrogen Bonding in Ionic Liquids
Hamza Patel
Boosting the POM-Ionosolv concept by using ionic-liquid-alcoholic reaction media and redox-balanced polyoxometalate catalysts
Jakob Albert
OP-11 – Emerging and Functional Materials
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Karolina Matuszek
Coloured Metal- and Halogen-free Ionic Liquids Based on Light-induced Ion Pair Charge Transfer
Eduards Bakis
Exceptional n-type thermoelectric ionogels Enabling Sustainable Power Output
Zhenhui Chen
Bio-based ionic liquids and their analogues for thermal energy storage applications
Alina Brzęczek-Szafran
Synthesis and properties of novel dicationic ionic liquids
Owen Curnow
The role of alkyl chains of zwitterions for one-pot bioethanol process
Ayumi Hachisu
From Deep Eutectic Solvents to their Eutectogels and Eutectic-loaded Cellulose Nanosponges: Sustainable Materials for Clean Water
Maria Enrica Di Pietro
WITHDRAWN
OP-12 – Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Auditorium
Chair: Anna Martinelli
Phase Behavior of Multi-Ionic Liquids
Margarida Costa Gomes
Eco-Friendly Ionic Liquid Alternatives for Mangrove Soil Remediation: Selective Extraction of Pb and Ni Using Natural DESs
Hanee Fazrana Hizaddin
Solubility-Switchable Ionic Liquids
Akio Kaimmura
Halogen Free Zwitterionic Deep Eutectic Solvent for Biomass Processing
Akshay Kulshrestha
Intra- and Inter-Molecular Proton Transfer Reactions in Ionic Liquids studied by ultrafast time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy
Yoshifumi Kimura
Ionic liquid mediated polymer dissolution and conversion to value added products
Boyan Iliev
Diastereomeric (Deep) Eutectic Systems of Homochiral Components (DIADES)
Andrea Mele
OP-13 – Electrochemical Energy Applications
Seminar Room 3
Chair: Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
Advanced salts for energy storage applications
Mega Kar
Ionic Liquid-derived Catalytic Carbon Coated Graphite Felt Electrodes for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery
Pitambar Poudel
Ionic liquid crystals as superior solid-state electrolytes
Shuai Tan
Anhydrous Proton-Conducting Membranes Based on Protic Polymerized Ionic Liquids for Intermediate-Temperature PEM Fuel Cells
Faezeh Makhlooghiazad
Surfactant Self-Assembly in Water-in-Salt Electrolytes
Lucas Wong
12:30pm - 1:45pm | Lunch
1:45pm - 2:25pm
Auditorium
Electrochemical Energy Applications
Chair: Maria Forsyth
KEYNOTE: Li ionic liquid electrolytes: design, ion transport, and battery applications

Kazuhide Ueno, Yokohama National University, Japan
2:15pm - 3:15pm | Poster Session
3:15pm - 3:45pm | Afternoon Tea
3:45pm - 4:50pm
OP-14 – Bio-based Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Saffron Bryant
From egg to feather: Valorizing chicken wastes with ionic liquids
Joao Coutinho
Proteins in Ionic Liquids: From Stability and Aggregation to Gelation and Insulin Delivery
Qi (Hank) Han
Silica-Mediated Lipase Immobilization in Deep Eutectic Solvents for Sustainable Levulinate Ester Synthesis
Anna Wolny
Non-invasive mRNA Vaccine Delivery Using Ionic Liquid Crystals
Masahiro Goto
OP-15 – Emerging and Functional Materials
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Alina Brzeczek Szafran
Borates are not boring – functional borate anions for ionic liquid electrolytes
John Holbrey
Zero-Carbon Polyionic Liquids and Solids
Haihui Joy Jiang
POLYKEY, polymer solutions for a sustainable future, challenges and opportunities of a young start-up (BTL)
Coralie Jehanno
Novel Eutectic Thermal Energy Storage Materials
Laura Thomas
OP-16 – Electrochemical Solvents and Dynamics
Auditorium
Chair: Burcu Gurkan
Liquid Coordination Complexes for Aluminium Batteries
Małgorzata Swadźba-Kwaśny
How Accurate are our Measurements? Determining the Accuracy of Conventional Electrochemical Theories to Estimate Diffusion CoeLicients in Ionic Liquids
Natasha Hoffmann
Reorganization of Ionic Liquids at Electrified Interfaces
Florian Hausen
Deep eutectic solvents in selective electrochemical C-O cleavage of lignin models
Anders Riisager
4:50pm - 5:35pm
Auditorium
Electrochemical Solvents and Dynamics
Chair: Jenny Pringle
PLENARY: NMR transport studies in IL-based electrolytes – charge transport mechanisms and ion-ion correlations

Monika Schönhoff, University of Münster, Germany
Wednesday 19 November
9:00am - 9:50am
Auditorium
Theory and Simulations
Chair: Agilio Padua
PLENARY: Simulating electrolytes for batteries and supercapacitors

Debra Bernhardt, The University of Queensland, Australia
9:50am - 10:35am
OP-17 – Electrochemical Solvents and Dynamics
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Anders Riisager
Beyond isotropic reorientation: Probing anisotropic and internal motions in ionic liquids with fast field cycling NMR relaxometry and MD simulations
Anne Strate
Towards early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease via volatile organic compound detection using ionic liquid-based electrochemical sensors
Andrew Wilson
Ionic Liquid-Aqueous Mixtures as Electrolytes for Cu Electrodeposition
Rabia Jamil
OP-18 – Emerging and Functional Materials
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Tamal Banerjee
Multifunctional ionic liquids for selective and tuneable gas absorption
Frederik Philippi
Lipid Self-Assembly in Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectics
Gregory Warr
Biocompatible Ionic Liquids for Lipid Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems
Jiali (Maggie) Zhai
OP-19 – Interfaces, Structure and Dynamics
Auditorium
Chair: Mathieu Salanne
Two-Scale Nanostructure in AOT-Based Surface-Active Ionic Liquids
Elise Guerinoni
Ionic liquids utilized in a water-free liquid-liquid two-phase system for base metal reductive deposition
Naoya Nishi
Deciphering the Stability of Porous Ionic Liquids
Agilio Padua
10:35am - 11:05am | Morning Tea
11:05am - 11:55am
OP-20 – Theory and Simulations
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Patricia Hunt
In Silico Discovering of Novel Cationic Cores in Ionic Liquids for Cellulose Dissolution
Mengyang Qu
Molecular Insight into the Structure of Poly(Ionic Liquids) for Sodium Metal Battery Applications
Jhonatan Soto Puelles
Understanding the Vaporization Enthalpies of Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquids
Yong Zhang
OP-21 – Emerging and Functional Materials
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Heng Zhang
Deep Eutectic Solvents for CO₂ Absorption: Preparation Methods and Prediction of Thermophysical Properties
Milind Joshipura
Ionic Liquids with Thiocyanate Anions as Space Propellants: How Cation Structure Affects Ignition Delay with Hydrogen Peroxide
Sophie Stölzle
Synthesis of Metal (Hydr-)Oxide Nanoparticles using Protic Ionic Liquids
Spiros Koutsoukos
OP-22 – Interfaces, Structure and Dynamics
Auditorium
Chair: Cameron Weber
Bulk and Interfacial Self-Assembly of Surfactants in Deep Eutectic Solvents
Glenn Coope
Potential of Ionic Liquids as Carrier Media for Improved Serial Protein Crystallography
Connie Darmanin
Investigations on the behavior of Amphiphilic Block copolymers in Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents
Michael Gradzielski
11:55am - 12:25pm
Auditorium
Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Chair: Suojiang Zhang
KEYNOTE: TOPO-based DES for biogas purification

Leila Moura, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
12:25pm - 1:40pm | Lunch
1:00pm | Social Excursions
Thursday 20 November
9:00am - 9:50am
Auditorium
Electrochemical Energy Applications
Chair: Masayoshi Watanabe
PLENARY: Solvation, Transport, and Interfacial Reactions in Structured Electrolytes

Burcu Gurkan, Case Western Reserve University, USA
9:50am - 10:35am
OP-23 – Bio-based Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Monika Schonhoff
IS@ZIF-8 MOF composites as potential catalysts for conversion of glucose to LAC
Vuyolwethu Tokoyi
Linking Deep Eutectic Solvent Structure to Drug Permeation Through Skin
Stine Roenholt
Surfactant-Enhanced Solubilisation of Oils of Different Polarity in the Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent (NADES) Reline
Michael Gradzielski
OP-24 – Bonding, Reactivity, Catalysis and Properties
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Ralf Ludwig
Plastic Waste Valorization Using Ionic Liquid-Based Catalytic Systems
Jonatan Perez-Arce
Ionic Liquid-Assisted Thermal Degradation and Recycling of Polypropylene: A Study using 1-Ethyl-3- Methylimidazolium Acetate
Moon Paul
Depolymerization of polyurethane and polyethylene terephthalate with enzymes stabilized in ionic liquids
Annika Dennis
OP-25 – Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Auditorium
Chair: Leila Moura
Extraction of Nanoplastic Particles from Aqueous Samples Using Ionic Liquids
Istvan Szilagyi
Temperature Switchable Deep Eutectic Solvents with Switchable Hydrophilicity
Megha Thuruthel Kuriakose
On the Hunt for New Eutectic Systems: the Discovery of HMF-LEV Low Melting Mixture
Grazia Isa C. Righetti
10:35am - 11:05am | Morning Tea
11:05am - 12:05pm
OP-26 – Bio-based Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Istvan Szilagyi
Dissolution of cellulose in ionic liquids at ultra-high concentrations
Takatsugu Endo
Structure of protein-surfactant nanoconjugate in deep eutectic solvents
Claudia Almuzara Romero
Cell Culture at Ionic Liquid Interface
Takeshi Ueki
Investigating solvent effects of protic ionic liquids on proteins using small angle X-ray scattering
Tamar Greaves
OP-27 – Electrochemical Energy Applications
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Mega Kar
Polymerized ionic liquid electrolytes for supercapacitors with boron nitride nanotube separators and fabricated through scalable industrial processes
Anto Puthussery Varghese
Functional Ionic liquids for Improving cell performances and Endowing Over-heating Protection for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Caihong Wang
Molecular Scale Engineering of Locally Concentrated Ionic Liquid Electrolytes
Andy Zhou
Exploring the Ideal Solid Electrolyte Interphase: Structural Engineering through Chemical Modification of Ionic Liquids
Shinji Kondou
OP-28 – Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Auditorium
Chair: Karen Edler
Influence of Deep Eutectic Solvents Composition on Efficient Lignin Extraction from Hardwood via Microwave Assisted Treatment
Liudmyla Nosach
Two-Step IonoSolv Process for High-Purity Cellulose Pulp: Process Optimisation Using a Cost-Effective Protic Ionic Liquid
Cariny Polesca
Liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE) study of water and Ionic Liquids at different temperatures and atmospheric pressure: Experiments and Correlations
Dharamashi Rabari
Comprehensive Study on Mixed Ionic Liquid Membranes for Direct Air Capture: Characteristics, Separation Efficiency, Fabrication, and Prediction
Takashi Makino
12:10pm - 12:40pm
Auditorium
Electrochemical Energy Applications
Chair: Kazuhide Ueno
KEYNOTE: Design of Negative Charges for Ionic liquids Electrolytes

Heng Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
12:40pm - 1:55pm | Lunch
1:55pm - 2:25pm
Auditorium
Interfaces, Structure and Dynamics
Chair: Rosa Maria Espinosa-Marzal
KEYNOTE: Surface and bulk structure of ionic liquid mixtures for catalytic applications

John Slattery, University of York, UK
2:25pm - 3:25pm | Poster Session
3:25pm - 3:55pm | Afternoon Tea
3:55pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium
IoLiTec Presentation
Chair: Doug MacFarlane
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Auditorium
Ken Seddon Lecture
Chair: Doug MacFarlane
Ionic Liquids as unique systems for electrochemical applications – from fundamental insights to technology demonstration

Maria Forsyth, Deakin University, Australia and University of the Basque Country, Spain
6:30pm - 10:30pm | Conference Dinner
The ANZAC Club, 28 St Georges Terrace, Perth
Friday 21 November
9:45am - 10:30am
Auditorium
Solvation, Separations and Treatment
Chair: John Slattery
PLENARY: Protic ionic liquids, hydrogen bonds and proton dynamics

Anna Martinelli, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
10:30am - 11:00am | Morning Tea
11:00am - 12:00pm
OP-29 – Bio-based Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics
Seminar Room 1
Chair: Caleb Hill
Production of levoglucosan from lignocellulosic biomass via imidazolium-based ionic liquids
Pedro Nakasu
Process synthesis, analysis and probabilistic design space exploration towards the sustainable development of waste recycling with ionic liquids
Ryan O’Shea
Nutraceutical-Ionic Liquids (NILs): Synergists for Insecticide Formulations
Ramana Pydi
From Designable Ionic Liquids to Field-Ready Biostimulants: Commercialising Designable Salicylates
Marcin Smiglak
OP-30 – Bonding, Reactivity, Catalysis and Properties
Seminar Room 4
Chair: Anna Chrobok
Incorporation of zinc into the protic imidazolium-based ionic liquid: synthesis and application
Piotr Latos
Frustrated Lewis pairs in ionic liquids: structural studies by neutron scattering
Kerri McKeever
Biocompatible Ionic Liquids for Sustainable PET Recycling: Conventional vs. Microwave Heating Approaches
Zahra Mohammadizadeh Tahroudi
A novel flow cell for metal salt synthesis using aqueous ionic liquids
Georgina Moss
OP-31 – Interfaces, Structure and Dynamics
Auditorium
Chair: Jakob Albert
Poly(Ionic Liquid) Stabilizers for Nanocarbon Materials from Aqueous Coatings
John Texter
Comparison of Rotational and Translational Motion in Hydrogen Bonded Ion Pairs of Trialkyl-ammonium and -phosphonium Ionic Liquids
Lennart Kruse
Ultra-thin Films of 1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazoliumbased Ionic Liquids on Graphite
Sowbarnika Senthilkumar
Study on the impact of experimental parameters on the electrical double layer formation process
Liis Siinor
12:05pm - 12:35pm
Auditorium
Bonding, Reactivity, Catalysis and Properties
Chair: Tam Greaves
KEYNOTE: Rethinking the Implementation of Ionic Solvents for Organic Reactivity: Consideration of Green Chemistry Principles

Cameron Weber, University of Auckland, New Zealand
12:35pm - 1:50pm | Lunch
1:50pm - 2:35pm
Auditorium
Bonding, Reactivity, Catalysis and Properties
Chair: Jason Harper
PLENARY: Hydrogen bonding motifs in hydroxy- and carboxy-functionalized ionic liquids

Ralf Ludwig, University of Rostock, Germany
2:35pm - 2:50pm
Auditorium
Closing Remarks