Bidyut K. Paul, PhD, is a Professor at Surface and Colloid Science Laboratory of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. He obtained Ph. D degree in Science (Physical Chemistry) from Jadavpur University. He has published 42 original research papers, six review articles, four book chapters, and one edited book. He has served as a Member of organizing committee of various national and international conferences. Professor Paul is one of the Associate Editors of the Journal of Surface Science and Technology.Satya P. Moulik, PhD, DSc, is Fellow and Honorary Scientist, Indian National Science Academy and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the Centre for Surface Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He is the Editorial Advisor of the Journal of Surface Science and Technology, Associate Editor of Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, and the former President of the Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology. He has published 344 original research papers, 13 review articles, six book chapters and one edited book. Professor Moulik has been associated with different national and international conferences as Chairperson/ Member of the organizing committees.

• Contributors viiForeword xiiiPreface xvii1. Ionic Liquids Modify the AOT Interfacial Curvature and Self]Assembly 1Sergio Murgia, Sandrina Lampis, Marianna Mamusa, and Gerardo Palazzo2. Characterization of Self]Assembled Amphiphiles in Ionic Liquids 23Lang G. Chen, Stephen H. Strassburg, and Harry Bermudez3. Self]Assembly of Nonionic Surfactants in Room]Temperature Ionic Liquids 47Kenichi Sakai, Takeshi Misono, Masahiko Abe, and Hideki Sakai4. Ionic Liquid]Based Surfactants: Synthesis, Molecular Structure, Micellar Properties and Applications 63Paula D. Galgano and Omar A. El Seoud5. Ionic Liquids in Bulk and at an Interface: Self]Aggregation, Interfacial Tension, and Adsorption 101Mohammad Tariq, Karina Shimizu, José N. Canongia Lopes, Benilde Saramago, and Luís Paulo N. Rebelo6. Aggregation Behavior of Ionic Liquid]Based Gemini Surfactants and Their Interaction with Biomacromolecules 127Ting Zhou and Guiying Xu7. Fluorescence Studies of the Microenvironments of the Morpholinium Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids 151Dinesh Chandra Khara, Kotni Santhosh, and Anunay Samanta8. Self]Assembly of Surface]Active Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Medium 175K. Srinivasa Rao, Pankaj Bharmoria, Tushar J. Trivedi, and Arvind Kumar9. Effect of a Surface]Active Lonic Liquid on Calixarenes 193Shubha Pandey, Shruti Trivedi, Pramod S. Pandey, Siddharth Pandey, and Sandeep K. Mishra10. Ionic Liquids in Colloidal Regime 207Indrajyoti Mukherjee and Satya P. Moulik11. Nanostructures of Amphiphiles and Microemulsions in Room]Temperature Ionic Liquids 239Ahmed Mourchid12. Microemulsions with ionic liquids 253Joachim Koetz13. Properties of Ionic Liquid]Based Microemulsions 261Maria Figueira]González, Luis García]Río, Mercedes Parajó, and Pedro Rodríguez]Dafonte14. Ionic Liquids in Soft Confinement: Effect of Reverse Micelle Interfaces on the Entrapped Ionic Liquid Structure 283Ruben Dario Falcone, N. Mariano Correa, Juana J. Silber, and Nancy E. Levinger15. Designing a New Strategy for the Formation of IL]In]Oil Microemulsions Containing Double Chain Surface]Active Ionic Liquid 303Vishal Govind Rao, Chiranjib Banerjee, Surajit Ghosh, Sarthak Mandal, and Nilmoni Sarkar16. Ionic Liquid]Based Microemulsions 325Jianling Zhang17. Ionic Liquid]Based Nonaqueous Microemulsion 343Qilong Ren, Qiwei Yang, Baogen Su, Zhiguo Zhang, Zongbi Bao, and Huabin Xing18. Ionic Liquid Microemulsions and Applications 359Xue Qin An and Jun Shen19. Ionic Liquid]In]Oil Microemulsions 375Debostuti Ghosh Dastidar and Sanjib Senapati20. Recent Advances in Bioionic Liquids and Biocompatible Ionic Liquid]Based Microemulsions 397Kaushik Kundu, Bidyut K. Paul, Soumik Bardhan, and Swapan K. Saha21. Density Prediction of Ternary Mixtures of Ethanol + Water + Ionic Liquid Using Backpropagation Artificial Neural Networks 447J. Morales, O. A. Moldes, M. A. Iglesias]Otero, J. C. Mejuto, G. Astray, and A. Cid22. Effect of Ionic Liquids on Catalytic Properties and Structure of Biocatalysts 459Maria H. Katsoura, Athena A. Papadopoulou, Angeliki C. Polydera, and Haralampos Stamatis23. Analytical Applications of Ionic Liquid]Based Surfactants in Separation Science 475María J. Trujillo]Rodríguez, Providencia González]Hernández, and Verónica Pino24. Ionic Liquids: Surfactant Agents for Layered Silicates 503Sébastien Livi, Jean]François Gérard, and Jannick Duchet]Rumeau25. Deep Eutectic Solvents as a New Reaction Medium for Biotransformations 517Zhen Yang and Qing WenIndex 533

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