Ion-Ion Interactions of Lithium Salts in Poly(siloxanes) & Ionic Liquids A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) At the Natural Sciences Faculty IV Chemistry & Pharmacy Universität Regensburg John De Roche MChem. Regensburg 2004 “I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me” Sir Isaac Newton [Letter 1676] th.Official Registration : 18 December 2003 th.Defence : 29 January 2004 - 2 pm. Room 12.0.16 Ph.D. Supervisor : Priv. Doz. Dr. H. J. Gores Adjudicators : Priv. Doz. Dr. H. J. Gores Universität Regensburg, Deutschland. : Prof. Dr. M. D. Ingram University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. : Prof. Dr. W. Kunz Universität Regensburg, Deutschland. Chair : Prof. Dr. A. Merz Universität Regensburg, Deutschland. Acknowledgments: th Regensburg, 14 December 2003 “The presented work took place between November 2000 and December 2003 at the Department of Physical Chemistry for Natural Sciences at the Unversität Regensburg under the stewardship of Priv. Doz. Dr. Heiner. J. Gores.