Ioliomics

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Ioliomics (from a

ionic interactions.[1] Ioliomics covers a broad research area concerning structure, properties and applications of ions involved in various biological and chemical systems. The concept of this research discipline is related to other comprehensive research fields, such as genomics, proteomics, glycomics, petroleomics, etc., where the suffix -omics is used for describing the comprehensiveness of data.[2]

Fundamental nature

The nature of

demonstrate flexible, dynamic behavior, which allows tuning ionic compounds to obtain desired properties.

Importance

sleep – wakefulness cycles;[8] anomalous activity of ion channels results in the development of various disorders, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases,[9] etc. Thus, despite the problems associated with the studies on properties and activities of ions in various chemical and biological systems,[1]
this research field is among the most urgent ones.

Ion-abundant liquid media

Of special interest are ion-abundant liquid media (such as ionic liquids, molten salts, liquid electrolytes, etc.), which represent “liquid ions” with excellent tunable properties for different applications. The systems are famous for their ability to solvent-solute self-organization phenomena and are often employed in chemistry, biochemistry and pharmaceutical research.[1][10] One of the most important features of ion-abundant liquid media is their huge potential to be fine-tuned. Thus, one can design an ionic liquid with virtually any combination of physicochemical or biochemical properties.[11] Research in the area of “liquid ions” is a rapidly developing scientific field, and numerous data on their properties and activities have been accumulated so far.[1][12] Currently, the concept finds applications in catalysis, electrochemistry, analytics, fuel production, biomass processing, biotechnology, biochemistry and pharmaceutics.[1][11][13][14]

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