Polymer and Biopolymer Processing The exceptional dissolution properties of ionic liquids for polymers and especially biopolymers such as cellulose, open up totally new opportunities for new products as well as processes, for example: inert solvent for cellulose - allowing any kind of derivatization higher utilization of the most abundant raw material source: cellulose a broad range of opportunities in processing polymers and biopolymers

"I believe that the ability of certain ionic liquids to directly dissolve and efficiently separate the key biomass components, cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin, could be the technological key to enabling a sustainable hydrocarbon economy!"   Prof. Robin Rogers, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

Cellulose Processing Building on a technology licensed exclusively from the University of Alabama, BASF has developed the first high-performance process that allows pure physical solutions of cellulose to be produced in an inert solvent.