Professor Cheek's research interests mostly involve the electrochemistry of organic compounds, including mechanistic studies and preparative aspects. Many studies are carried out using molten salts (or ionic liquids) systems as solvents. Room-temperature chloroaluminate molten salts are useful systems for these investigations because the Lewis acidity can be varied extensively simply by changing the melt composition. Such molten salt systems are very attractive for use in "green chemistry" (environmentally friendly) applications because they also have very low vapor pressures.
