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 …

Atomic force microscopy probing interactions and microstructures of ionic liquids at solid surfaces

R An, A Laaksonen, M Wu, Y Zhu, FU Shah, X Lu, X Ji - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) are room temperature molten salts that possess preeminent
physicochemical properties and have shown great potential in many applications. However …

Towards superior lubricity and anticorrosion performances of proton-type ionic liquids additives for water-based lubricating fluids

R Dong, Q Yu, Y Bai, Y Wu, Z Ma, J Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the increasingly serious environmental pollution and energy issues, water-based
lubricating materials will gradually replace oil-based lubricating materials in some specific …

Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Functional Covalent Organic Frameworks via the Thiol-Ene “Click” Reaction as Lubricant Additives for Antiwear and Friction …

T Zhang, S Liu, X Zhang, J Gao, H Yu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
To address the energy wastage problem caused by friction, novel lubricant additives other
than the traditional and basic used additives with outstanding performance are urgently …

Superlubricity of PTFE triggered by green ionic liquids

Q Zheng, M Chhattal, C Bai, Z Zheng, D Qiao… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is in the limelight due to its self-lubricating properties and
outstanding corrosion resistance. Nevertheless, it suffers from severe adhesive and abrasive …

Effect of electric potential and chain length on tribological performances of ionic liquids as additives for aqueous systems and molecular dynamics simulations

R Dong, L Bao, Q Yu, Y Wu, Z Ma, J Zhang… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
As pure lubricants, ILs performed very well by forming the classical self-assembly bilayer at
the sliding interface. The interface mechanism is still not clear in a very polar, eg, water …

Ultrathin ionic liquid films on metal surfaces: adsorption, growth, stability and exchange phenomena

M Lexow, F Maier, HP Steinrück - Advances in Physics: X, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The interface of ionic liquids (ILs) with solid surfaces is of pivotal interest for many
applications, ranging from sensors, lubrication, separation technology, and electronics to …

Potential-dependent superlubricity of ionic liquids on a graphite surface

Y Zhang, MW Rutland, J Luo, R Atkin… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The lubricities of four quaternary phosphonium ionic liquids—trihexyltetradecylphosphonium
bis (2, 4, 4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinate ([P6, 6, 6, 14][(iC8) 2PO2]) …

Interfacial structuring of non-halogenated imidazolium ionic liquids at charged surfaces: effect of alkyl chain length

S Watanabe, GA Pilkington, A Oleshkevych… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Control of the interfacial structures of ionic liquids (ILs) at charged interfaces is important to
many of their applications, including in energy storage solutions, sensors and advanced …

Probing the hydration friction of ionic interfaces at the atomic scale

Z Li, Q Liu, D Zhang, Y Wang, Y Zhang, Q Li… - Nanoscale …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the extensive studies conducted in exploring friction in the aqueous environment,
the mechanism of hydration friction remains not well understood. Herein, we directly probed …