Ionic liquids: From a solvent for polymeric reactions to the monomers for poly(ionic liquids)

Ionic liquids (ILs) have created their niche as a solvent of choice in the realm of synthetic chemistry. More specifically, in polymer chemistry, these designer solvents are utilized as the potential media for carrying out the polymeric reactions and sometimes as reactive constituents of polymeric materials. None of the polymeric reactions is left to explore the ability of ILs as a solvent for homogeneous/ heterogeneous polymerization systems to...