... SYNTHESIS OF IONIC LIQUIDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS QIN WEIDONG (M Eng., CISRI) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY ... on the synthesis of 1,3-dialkylimidazolium based ionic liquids (ILs) and methods development, optimization and applications of these materials in capillary electrophoresis (CE) A series of ILs ... direction of anion, cation and EOF in a fused silica capillary The magnitude of the EOF depends on the surface concentration of silanol groups and on their degree of dissociation The latter increases...