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 …

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 …

Ion structure controls ionic liquid near-surface and interfacial nanostructure

A Elbourne, K Voïtchovsky, GG Warr, R Atkin - Chemical science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A unique, but unifying, feature of ionic liquids (ILs) is that they are nanostructured on the
length scale of the ions; in many ILs well-defined polar and apolar domains exist and may …

Ionic liquids under nanoscale confinement

F Borghi, A Podestà - Advances in physics: X, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The confinement of room-temperature ionic liquids (ILs) in nanoscale geometries, where at
least one, but often all three dimensions are reduced down to lengths comparable to the …

What causes extended layering of ionic liquids on the mica surface?

X Gong, A Kozbial, L Li - Chemical science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Extended layering of ionic liquids (ILs) on the mica surface has been reported by several
groups previously and it is generally accepted that the electrostatic interaction at the IL/mica …

Interfacial behavior of thin ionic liquid films on mica

A Deyko, T Cremer, F Rietzler, S Perkin… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Ultrathin films of two imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs),[C1C1Im][Tf2N](= 1-methyl-3-
methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide) and [C4C1Im][Tf2N](= 1-butyl-3 …

Nanostructure of [Li (G4)] TFSI and [Li (G4)] NO 3 solvate ionic liquids at HOPG and Au (111) electrode interfaces as a function of potential

B McLean, H Li, R Stefanovic, RJ Wood… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) force measurements have been used to study the solvate
ionic liquid (IL) double layer nanostructure at highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent highlights in nanoscale and mesoscale friction

A Vanossi, D Dietzel, A Schirmeisen… - Beilstein journal of …, 2018 - beilstein-journals.org
Friction is the oldest branch of non-equilibrium condensed matter physics and, at the same
time, the least established at the fundamental level. A full understanding and control of …

Metal ion adsorption at the ionic liquid–mica interface

S McDonald, A Elbourne, GG Warr, R Atkin - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Mica has been employed in many studies of ionic liquid (IL) interfaces on account of its
atomic smoothness and well defined surface properties. However, until now it has been …

Near-Ambient Pressure XPS and NEXAFS Study of a Superbasic Ionic Liquid with CO2

J Cole, Z Henderson, AG Thomas… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In situ photoemission and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) techniques
have been used to study the interaction of CO2 with an ionic liquid thin film. A thin film of the …