Microstructural and dynamical heterogeneities in ionic liquids

YL Wang, B Li, S Sarman, F Mocci, ZY Lu… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) are a special category of molten salts solely composed of ions with varied
molecular symmetry and charge delocalization. The versatility in combining varied cation …

Multiscale studies on ionic liquids

K Dong, X Liu, H Dong, X Zhang, S Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) offer a wide range of promising applications because of their much
enhanced properties. However, further development of such materials depends on the …

Structure and nanostructure in ionic liquids

R Hayes, GG Warr, R Atkin - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Much of chemistry is concerned with the study of reactions and processes in solution, that is,
where liquids are used as solvents. 2, 3 The solvent is the (excess) liquid phase in which …

Understanding the hydrogen bonds in ionic liquids and their roles in properties and reactions

K Dong, S Zhang, J Wang - Chemical communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) have many potential applications in the chemical industry. In order to
understand ILs, their molecular details have been extensively investigated. Intuitively …

An approach to classification and hi-tech applications of room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs): A review

F Javed, F Ullah, MR Zakaria, HM Akil - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
A new background to organize diverse synthetic and natural resources to fabricate
functional materials in a safe environment by using Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs) …

Structural properties of geminal dicationic ionic liquid/water mixtures: a theoretical and experimental insight

A Serva, V Migliorati, A Lapi, G Aquilanti… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The structural behavior of geminal dicationic ionic liquid 1, n-bis [3-methylimidazolium-1-yl]
alkane bromide ([Cn (mim) 2] Br2)/water mixtures has been studied using extended X-ray …

Effect of water on structure and dynamics of [BMIM][PF6] ionic liquid: An all-atom molecular dynamics simulation investigation

A Sharma, PK Ghorai - The Journal of chemical physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Composition dependent structural and dynamical properties of aqueous hydrophobic 1-butyl-
3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([BMIM][PF 6]) ionic liquid (IL) have been …

Molecular origin of the prepeak in the structure factor of alcohols

A Ghoufi - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2020 - ACS Publications
Prepeak in the structure factor of alcohols is known for a half century and was attributed to
one of two mechanisms (i) self-assembly in aggregates and (ii) existence of spatial …

Microstructure of nonideal methanol binary liquid mixtures

I Essafri, A Ghoufi - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
The nonideality of binary mixtures is often related to the nature of the interactions between
both liquids and of the heterogeneity at the nanoscale-named microstructure. When one of …

A combined QTAIM, DFT and molecular dynamics study on the nanoscale dynamical and structural organization of imidazolium-based dicationic ionic liquids

ZO Memar, M Moosavi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the effects of linkage alkyl chain length on the dynamical and structural micro-
heterogeneities of some imidazolium-based dicationic ionic liquids (DILs) ie [C n (mim) 2][BF …