The action

Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies
COST Action CM1206

The objective of this Action is to coordinate European research activities and knowledge exchange on ionic liquids and to explore their full potential in the context of fundamental and applied chemistry, materials science and engineering. It provides a coordinated forum for an efficient intra- and interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise exchange, networking and dissemination of information and results, training and initiating collaborations, harmonizing research activities, establishing an open public database and supplying the scientific community with systematic high quality information on ILs and their applications. The Action aims to combat misinformation as well as contradicting data and reports. EXIL will facilitate technology transfer from university to industry, enhance the supply routes of trained researchers from universities to industry, and structure the European science base. Transferring ILs from the laboratory workbench to true beneficial applications is the long-term goal of EXIL - the European exchange network on Ionic Liquids. Overall, this will lead to an improvement of everyday life through new and improved technologies and materials, not to mention cleaner and safer production techniques.

Here is the link to the European Union webpage about this action,and here the link to the Memorandum of Understanding

This COST Action has already finished, you can access the Final Achievement Report here.

Objectives

  • Knowledge and expertise exchange on ionic liquids (ILs)
  • Establishing common standards
  • Providing high quality data
  • Battling misinformation
  • Researcher Training
  • From benchtop to application: Development of task-specific ionic liquids
  • Harmonizing and seeding research activities on ILs throughout Europe

Main Achievements

  • A pan-european network
  • Leading experts from biology, chemistry, engineering and materials science
  • Covering the whole range of IL research from fundamentals to application
  • Strong ties to industry
  • Active cyberexchange and open website
  • Strong focus on researcher exchange via STSMs
  • Sharing knowledge and equipment
  • Stimulating innovative research

 

 

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a pan-European intergovernmental framework.

Its mission is to enable break-through scientific and technological developments leading to new concepts and products and thereby contribute to strengthening Europe’s research and innovation capacities.

It allows researchers, engineers and scholars to jointly develop their own ideas and take new initiatives across all fields of science and technology, while promoting multi- and interdisciplinary approaches. COST aims at fostering a better integration of less research intensive countries to the knowledge hubs of the European Research Area. The COST Association, an International not-for-profit Association under Belgian Law, integrates all management, governing and administrative functions necessary for the operation of the framework. The COST Association has currently 36 Member Countries.  www.cost.eu