- Title
- Pronounced sponge-like nanostructure in propylammonium nitrate
- Creator
- Hayes, Robert; Imberti, Silvia; Warr, Gregory G.; Atkin, Rob
- Relation
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Vol. 13, Issue 30, p. 13544-13551
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1cp21080g
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- The bulk structure of the ionic liquid propylammonium nitrate (PAN) has been determined using neutron diffraction. Empirical potential structure refinement (EPSR) fits to the data show that PAN self-assembles into a quasi-periodic bicontinuous nanostructure reminiscent of an amphiphile L₃-sponge phase. Atomic detail on the ion arrangements around the propylammonium cation and nitrate anion yields evidence of hydrogen bonding between ammonium and nitrate groups and of strong alkyl chain aggregation and interdigitation. The resultant amphiphilic PAN nanostructure is more pronounced than that previously determined for ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) or ethanolammonium nitrate (EtAN).
- Subject
- neutron diffraction; propylammonium nitrate (PAN); hydrogen bonding; empirical potential structure refinement (EPSR)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1039832
- Identifier
- uon:13704
- Identifier
- ISSN:1463-9076
- Language
- eng
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