Bulk and interfacial nanostructure in protic room temperature ionic liquids

Title: Bulk and interfacial nanostructure in protic room temperature ionic liquids
Creator: Atkin, Rob; Warr, Gregory G.
Relation: Ionic Liquids: From Knowledge to Application p. 317-333
Relation: ACS Symposium Series 1030
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bk-2009-1030.ch022
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2009
Description: Until recently, protic ionic liquids were thought to be structurally homogenous. However, small angle neutron scattering experiments using selectively deuteriated ethylammonium nitrate ([EtNH₃][NO₃]) and propylammonium nitrate ([PrNH₃][NO₃]) conclusively show that these ionic liquids are nanostructured in the bulk. Electrostatic and solvophobic interactions within the liquid lead to the formation of alternating polar and apolar layers. In this chapter, these results are described in detail, and the relationship between bulk structure and interfacial structure, determined using atomic force microscopy, is elucidated.
Subject: protic ionic liquids; nanostructure; bulk structure; interfacial structure; atomic force microscopy
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/917966
Identifier: uon:8474
Identifier: ISBN:9780841269972
Language: eng

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