Ionic liquid-based antimicrobial materials for water treatment, air filtration, food packaging and anticorrosion coatings

Efforts to widen the scope of ionic liquids applications across diverse research areas have flourished in the last two decades with developments in understanding and tailoring their physical, chemical, and biological properties. The promising applications of ionic liquids-based materials as antimicrobial systems is due to their ability and flexibility to be tailored in varying sizes, morphologies, and surface charges. Ionic liquids are also considered as greener materials. Common methods for the preparation of ionic liquid-based materials include crosslinking, loading, grafting, and combination of ionic liquids with other polymeric materials. Recent research focuses on the tuning of the biological properties to design novel ionic liquids-based antimicrobial materials. Here, the properties, synthesis and applications of ionic liquids and ionic liquids-based materials are reviewed with focus on antimicrobial activities applied to water treatment, air filtration, food packaging, and anticorrosion. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Efforts to broaden the applications of ionic liquids have advanced in the past two decades. Ionic liquids show promise as antimicrobial systems, as they can be tailored in various sizes, morphologies, and surface charges. Common methods for preparing ionic liquid-based materials include crosslinking, loading, grafting, and combining with other polymeric materials. Recent research focuses on tuning the biological properties of these materials for antimicrobial applications in water treatment, air filtration, food packaging, and anticorrosion.