Task‐Specific, Biodegradable Amino Acid Ionic Liquid Surfactants

Abstract

VersatAAIL Surfactants: Biodegradable, chiral amino acid ionic liquid surfactants (AAILSs) with a very high surface activity are synthesized and characterized. The AAILS can be applied as task-specific ionic liquids; two examples given are the mitigation of harmful algal blooms from sea water and the shape- and size-specific synthesis of nanomaterials. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.