Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids Discussion Group
Virtual 2020 MSILDG Christmas Research Meeting
MSILDG research meetings are historically informal, interesting, informative and inspiring.
taking place on 14 December 2020
Welcome to the 2020 MSILDG Christmas Meeting which will be a virtual research meeting again due to continuing health concerns and travel restrictions.
Registrations
Registration are open and free of charge. Do not miss the chance to register by 11th December using the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/msildg-virtual-christmas-meeting-tickets-128856259541.
We look forward to connecting again with our community!
Your MSILDG committee
Programme
Session 1: 9:00-11:30 GMT
Session chair: Professor George Chen
09:00-09:10 Meeting setup and greeting by the MSILDG Chairman (Professor George Chen)
09:10-09:50 Keynote lecture
Professor Ian Farnan, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK.
“Microscopic Structure and Dynamics in Chloride Molten Salts from NMR”
09:50-10:15 Contributed talk
Dr Matthias Lexow, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
“Wetting Behaviour and Interface Composition of Thin Ionic Liquid Films”
10:15-10:30 Short break. Feel free to stay on the Zoom call for informal discussion amongst the delegates.
10:30-10:55 Contributed talk
Dr Cheng Peng, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
“Soft electrolytes of mixed salt and ceramic for high temperature iron-air batteries”
10:55-11:20 Contributed talk
Dr Jennifer M. Hartley, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, UK.
“Effect of pH and hydrogen bond donor on the dissolution of metal oxides in Deep Eutectic Solvents”
11:20-11:45 Contributed talk
Dr Richard P. Matthews, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
“The Complexity of Ionic Liquid-Protein Interactions”
Virtual lunch break and discussion: 11:45-12:15 GMT
Please feel free to stay on the Zoom session after the lectures are finished if you’d like to talk to the speakers and/or the other delegates in our “virtual coffee break”.
MSILDG Annual General Meeting: 12:15-12:45 GMT
Session 2: 14:30-17:00 GMT
Session chair: Dr Agi Brandt-Talbot
14:30-15:10 Keynote lecture
Dr Gosia Swadźba-Kwaśny, QUILL Research Centre, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, UK.
“Brønsted acidic ILs by proton transfer, neutron scattering and catalysis”
15:10-15:35 Contributed talk
Dr Luca Silvioli, Seaborg Technologies ApS, Denmark.
“Seaborg Compact Molten Salt Reactor: Fundamental corrosion studies on the moderator
salt molten sodium hydroxide.”
15:35-15:50 Short break. Feel free to stay on the Zoom call for informal discussion amongst the delegates.
15:50-16:15 Contributed talk
Dr Hasan T. Imam, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
“Entrapment of catalysts in ionic liquid gels: Designing materials for sustainable chemical transformations in water”
16:15-16:40 Contributed talk
Sepideh Niazi, Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU), Norway.
“Thermal stability of molten ZnCl2-NaCl-KCl in contact with water vapor”
16:40-17:05 Contributed talk
Maariyah Y. Suleman, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, UK
“Towards understanding the thermal stability and decomposition mechanism of
low-cost hydrogen sulfate ionic liquids”
17:05-17:15 Meeting wrap up
