ABSTRACT

This volume will capture transformational changes in both the chemistry and engineering side of solvent extraction, creating new directions and deepening our understanding of the structure and dynamics of liquid-liquid systems from the molecular- to nano- to meso- to bulk-scale. Reviews will cover advances in microfluidics, new tools for understanding the structure and dynamics of the liquid-liquid interface, ionic liquids in liquid-liquid extraction, molecular dynamics to visualize interactions in the solvent phase, liquid-liquid electrochemistry to interrogate the energetics of interfacial transport and complexation, design of new extractants, and the streamlining of process applications.

chapter 1|44 pages

New Insights into the Recovery of Strategic and Critical Metals by Solvent Extraction

The Effects of Chemistry and the Process on Performance

chapter 3|31 pages

Task-Specific Ionic Liquids for Metal Ion Extraction

Progress, Challenges, and Prospects