Effect of Variation in the Anion on the Bulk Nanostructure of Protic Ionic Liquids

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In a recently published note we presented the first experimental evidence (obtained using the LoQ instrument at ISIS) for nanoscale segregation of short (< C4) alkyl chain ionic liquids (ILs) using propylammonium nitrate and ethylammonium nitrate (EAN). We have since completed neutron diffraction experiments on SANDALS using EAN and ethanolammonium nitrate (EtAN), and modelling revealed a sponge like morphology in both liquids. This structure is more pronounced in EAN, as the ethoxy group of EtAN disrupts solvophobic interactions between cation alkyl groups. In this study, we will examine the effect of variation in the anion species on protic ionic liquid nanostructure using ethylammonium formate (EAF) and ethylammonium hydrogen sulphate (EAHSO4); changing the anion allows solvophobic interactions and the hydrogen bond network strength to be varied.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079380
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079380
Provenance
Creator Dr Silvia Imberti; Professor Rob Atkin; Mr Robert Hayes
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-07-13T07:25:36Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-07-16T08:14:14Z