Innovations in Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena

Innovations in Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena" offers a comprehensive exploration of ionic liquid-based surfactants (ILBSs) and their transformative potential. This book is divided into three sections. Section I establishes the fundamental properties of ionic liquids (ILs) and ILBSs, emphasizing their unique structures, environmental advantages, and flexible design. It details the diverse types of ILBSs, highlighting their individual characteristics and applications. Section II delves into the crucial interfacial behavior of ILBSs, examining their role in reducing interfacial tension, influencing micelle formation, enhancing emulsification processes, and modifying surface wettability. The mechanisms underlying these phenomena are thoroughly investigated, with particular attention paid to the impact of the structure of ILBSs on their performance. Section III showcases the broad applicability of ILBSs across various industries. Specific applications discussed include the stabilization of particle dispersions, the improvement of extraction techniques, and the significant enhancement of oil recovery from challenging reservoirs. This book bridges the gap between fundamental principles and practical applications, equipping the readers with the necessary knowledge to harness the revolutionary potential of ILBSs. It serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, academics, and professionals in this rapidly evolving field.

Mona Kharazi is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Chemistry and Petroleum Sciences at Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, where she leads research on interfacial phenomena and their application to crude oil recovery. She received her B.Sc. (2012), M.Sc. (2015), and Ph.D. (2021) in applied chemistry from Bu-Ali Sina University. Following her Ph.D., she pursued postdoctoral research in chemical engineering, where she served as a project leader until 2023. Since 2024, she has been serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry at Bu-Ali Sina University. Her research interests span surface science, interfacial tension, ionic liquids, surfactants, nanomaterials, colloids, and green chemistry, with a particular emphasis on developing innovative experimental methods for enhanced oil recovery using novel materials. She co-authored over 60 journal articles, book chapters, and conference contributions, along with Iranian patents, which focused mainly on interdisciplinary research related to ionic liquid-based surfactants and crude oil recovery systems.

Websites: https: //scholar.google.com/citations?user=jIkez6UAAAAJ&hl=en

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ORCID: 0000-0001-6645-0176

Javad Saien is a faculty member in the Faculty of Chemistry and Petroleum Sciences at Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. from Amirkabir University of Technology (1984), his M.Sc. from the University of Tehran (1991), and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bradford, UK (1995). Since 1986, he has been serving as an academic staff member at Bu-Ali Sina University, where he was promoted to full professor approximately 15 years ago. His research primarily focused on enhanced oil recovery using ionic liquids and nanoparticles, wastewater treatment via homogeneous and heterogeneous processes, liquid-liquid extraction (including single drop, impinging streams, and LLE), and mass transfer intensification using external fields. He has published over 200 journal articles, holds numerous national and international patents, and has authored several books and book chapters. Since 2020, he has been serving as the editor of the Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, and he is a member of the editorial boards of various national and international scientific journals.

Website: https: //profs.basu.ac.ir/saeen/

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ORCID: 0000-0001-5731-022

Aliyar Javadi is a pioneer scientist in dynamic surface phenomena, interfacial transport properties of multiphase processes, and biointerfaces. He earned his B.Sc. (1996) in chemical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnique), and his M.Sc. (2000) and Ph.D. (2007) from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He continued his research work at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, as a postdoc and project leader.

Since 2013, he has been serving as a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tehran, where he developed a working group and laboratory on "Dynamic surface phenomena and colloidal systems". He is currently in collaboration with TU-Dresden and the Helmholtz Centre in Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany, for developing new projects on dynamic surface phenomena and biointerfaces. He is the scientific director of the World-Academies newly founded as knowledge management startup at the TU-Dresden for Remote Training and Research. He has published his scientific achievements in more than 120 international journal articles and book chapters, mostly on the dynamic interfacial properties of multiphase processes.

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ORCID: 0000-0002-9881-7304

Reinhard Miller is an associated senior scientist in the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. He studied mathematics at the University of Rostock and colloid science at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. He earned his Ph.D. and habilitation from the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. In 1990, he was a postdoc at the University of Toronto, Canada. From 1991 to 2019, he was a group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interface in Potsdam. Since then, he continued his scientific work as an associated senior scientist at the Technical University of Darmstadt.

His main scientific interests are dynamics and thermodynamics of adsorption of surfactants, proteins, polymers, particles and their mixtures at fluid interfaces, dilational and shear interfacial rheology, and formation and stabilization of foams and emulsions. He has published his scientific results in eight books, more than 650 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and many book chapters. He is the editor of the journal Advances in Colloid and Interface Science and the editor-in-chief of the journal Colloids & Interfaces. He is also the editor of the book series Progress in Colloid and Interface Science (CRC Press).

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ORCID: 0000-0001-8943-7521