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 …

Two-dimensional spectroscopy is being used to address core scientific questions in biology and materials science

MK Petti, JP Lomont, M Maj… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional spectroscopy is a powerful tool for extracting structural and dynamic
information from a wide range of chemical systems. We provide a brief overview of the ways …

Ionic liquids exhibit the piezoelectric effect

MI Hossain, GJ Blanchard - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The piezoelectric effect was discovered over a century ago, and it has found wide
application since that time. The direct piezoelectric effect is the production of charge upon …

Interfacial Speciation Determines Interfacial Chemistry: X‐ray‐Induced Lithium Fluoride Formation from Water‐in‐salt Electrolytes on Solid Surfaces

HG Steinrück, C Cao, MR Lukatskaya… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Super‐concentrated “water‐in‐salt” electrolytes recently spurred resurgent interest
for high energy density aqueous lithium‐ion batteries. Thermodynamic stabilization at high …

Long-range interface effects in room temperature ionic liquids: vibrational lifetime studies of thin films

JP Breen, LC Leibfried, X Xing… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interface effects in the room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium
tetrafluoroborate (BmimBF4) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) …

Unraveling the Structure and Binding Energy of Adsorbed CO2/H2O on Amine Sorbents

DD Miller, J Yu, SSC Chuang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
One critical issue in the design of amine-based sorbents and solvents for next-generation
CO2 capture technology is the effect of H2O on the behavior of adsorbed CO2. To gain an …

Copper-doped mesoporous silica supported dual acidic ionic liquid as an efficient and cooperative reusability catalyst for Biginelli reaction

N Yao, M Lu, XB Liu, J Tan, YL Hu - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of MCM-41 supported functionalized ionic liquids doped with copper species were
prepared, characterized and evaluated as catalysts in the Biginelli reaction. Most of these …

Carbon Dioxide in a Supported Ionic Liquid Membrane: Structural and Rotational Dynamics Measured with 2D IR and Pump–Probe Experiments

JY Shin, SA Yamada, MD Fayer - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs) are porous membranes impregnated with ionic
liquids (ILs) and used as advanced carbon capture materials. Here, two-dimensional …

Controlling the dynamics of ionic liquid thin films via multilayer surface functionalization

B Wu, JP Breen, X Xing, MD Fayer - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The structural dynamics of planar thin films of an ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-
methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide (BmimNTf2) as a function of surface …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of pore size on water dynamics in mesoporous silica

SA Yamada, ST Hung, WH Thompson… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Water confined in mesoporous silica plays a central role in its many uses ranging from gas
sorption to nanoconfined chemical reactions. Here, the influence of pore diameter (2.5–5.4 …