Ferraz, RicardoTeixeira, CátiaGomes, PaulaPrudêncio, Cristina2021-02-042021-02-042017Ferraz, R., Teixeira, C., Gomes, P., & Prudêncio, C. (2017). Bioactivity of ionic liquids. In A. Eftekhari (Ed.), Ionic liquid devices (pp. 404-422). doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788011839http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/16869Ionic liquids (ILs) were discovered a century ago, but it was only three decades ago that they started to catch the attention of the scientific commu- nity. ILs are defined as organic salts composed of an organic cation and an organic or inorganic anion2,3 that are stable below their melting point.engIonic liquidsbook part10.1039/9781788011839