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 …

Synchrotron scattering methods for nanomaterials and soft matter research

T Narayanan, O Konovalov - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article aims to provide an overview of broad range of applications of synchrotron
scattering methods in the investigation of nanoscale materials. These scattering techniques …

Grafting and Solubilization of Redox‐Active Organic Materials for Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries

R Chen, P Zhang, Z Chang, J Yan, T Kraus - ChemSusChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study concerns the development of sustainable design strategies of aqueous
electrolytes for redox flow batteries using redox‐active organic materials. A green …

Structure and dynamics of confined liquids: challenges and perspectives for the X-ray surface forces apparatus

H Weiss, HW Cheng, J Mars, H Li, C Merola… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
The molecular-scale structure and dynamics of confined liquids has increasingly gained
relevance for applications in nanotechnology. Thus, a detailed knowledge of the structure of …

Insights from molecular dynamics simulations on structural organization and diffusive dynamics of an ionic liquid at solid and vacuum interfaces

N Vučemilović-Alagić, RD Banhatti, R Stepić… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hypothesis A reliable modelling approach is required for simultaneous characterisation of
static and dynamic properties of bulk and interfacial ionic liquids (ILs). This is a prerequisite …

Coarse-grained simulations of ionic liquid materials: from monomeric ionic liquids to ionic liquid crystals and polymeric ionic liquids

YL Wang, B Li, A Laaksonen - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquid (IL) materials are promising electrolytes with striking physicochemical properties
for energy and environmental applications. Heterogeneous structures and transport …

Anomalous and not-so-common behavior in common ionic liquids and ionic liquid-containing systems

JMSS Esperança, M Tariq, AB Pereiro… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This work highlights unexpected, not so well known responses of ionic liquids and ionic
liquid-containing systems, which are reported in a collective manner, as a short review …

Surface Structure of Alkyl/Fluoroalkylimidazolium Ionic–Liquid Mixtures

SM Purcell, PD Lane, L D'Andrea… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The gas–liquid interface of ionic liquids (ILs) is critically important in many applications, for
example, in supported IL phase (SILP) catalysis. Methods to investigate the interfacial …

Effect of switching the length of alkyl chains on electric double layer structure and differential capacitance at the electrode interface of quaternary ammonium-based …

S Katakura, N Nishi, K Kobayashi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electric double-layer structure at the electrode interface has been studied by using
molecular dynamics simulation on four quaternary ammonium-based ionic liquids (QaILs) to …

Characterizing the magnitude and structure-dependence of free charge density gradients in room-temperature ionic liquids

Y Wang, R Jarošová, GM Swain, GJ Blanchard - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
We have reported previously on the existence of charge-induced long-range organization in
the room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL), BMIM+ BF4–. The induced organization is in the …