- Title
- At the interface: solvation and designing ionic liquids
- Creator
- Hayes, Robert; Warr, Gregory G.; Atkin, Rob
- Relation
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Vol. 12, Issue 8, p. 1709-1723
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b920393a
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Ionic liquids’ (ILs) remarkable and tunable physicochemical properties mean they have distinct performance advantages over conventional solvents in many settings. However, the use of ILs in surface-dependent processes (e.g. electrodeposition, heterogeneous catalysis, dye solar cells) is hindered by the lack of a systematic understanding of IL interfacial structure. In this Perspective, we highlight recent experiments which show interfacial IL nanostructure is a consequence of both surface-specific and bulk liquid interactions. These results enable us to develop molecular design rules for controlling interfacial IL behavior.
- Subject
- sum-frequency generation; atomic-force microscope; nanoparticles; sensitized solar-cells; vibrational spectroscopy
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/930298
- Identifier
- uon:10812
- Identifier
- ISSN:1463-9076
- Language
- eng
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