The QUILL Research Centre (Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories) is the oldest and most established centre dedicated to studying ionic liquids and their analogues. It was founded in 1999 based on the US NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centre model, and pursues both fundamental and pre-competitive research, supported by an Industrial Advisory Board, and higher-TRL studies in close collaboration with industrial partners.

QUILL currently associates 17 academics (PIs) and their research groups, based mainly in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and two Honorary Professors: Prof. Doug MacFarlane and Prof. Paul Davey.

Our research, rooted in ionic liquids, extends to other advanced liquid and amorphous materials, such as deep eutectic solvents, ionogels, liquid coordination complexes and zwitterionic salts. Our research is interdisciplinary, with the focus on addressing the most urgent technological challenges of our times:

	Clean Water Using IL systems to remove contaminants.		Energy Storage Advanced liquids for modern electrolytes in batteries and stationary energy storage.		Advanced Materials New chemistries for novel materials, such as dynamic fragrances and antifouling coatings.
Carbon Capture, Storage & Utilisation Reducing emissions and adding value.		Plastic Waste Recycling Recovering useful building blocks from waste materials.		Metal Separations From rare earth metals to lithium and cobalt, securing supply of critical elements