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 …

Inorganic and organic “solvent-in-salt”(SIS) systems have been known for decades but have
attracted significant attention only recently. Molten salt hydrates/solvates have been …

In highly concentrated salt solutions, the water hydrogen bond (H-bond) network is
completely disrupted by the presence of ions. Water is forced to restructure as dictated by …

Bridging the concepts of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions is an important
challenge in modern chemistry. Toward that end, here, we connect the homogeneous …

The orientational dynamics and microscopic liquid structure of a protic ionic liquid, 1-
ethylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide (EhimNTf2), and its aprotic analogue, 1 …

Although the “like-dissolves-like” rule is often invoked to explain why sodium chloride
dissolves in water, hidden behind this explanation is the delicate balance between the very …

Water in nanoconfinement is ubiquitous in biological systems and membrane materials, with
altered properties that significantly influence the surrounding system. In this work, we show …

The dynamics of the room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis
(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide (BmimNTf2) were investigated with two-dimensional infrared …

The orientational dynamics and microscopic structures of imidazolium-based ionic liquids of
varying hydrophilicity were investigated using optical heterodyne-detected optical Kerr effect …

Classical molecular dynamics simulations of water in ionic and dipolar solvents were used
to interpret the far-infrared (FIR) rotation/libration spectra of “solitary water” in terms of …