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Facilitated Ion Transport in Smectic Ordered Ionic Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Lee Jin Hong,
Han Kee Sung,
Lee Je Seung,
Lee Albert S.,
Park Seo Kyung,
Hong Sung Yun,
Lee JongChan,
Mueller Karl T.,
Hong Soon Man,
Koo Chong Min
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201602702
Subject(s) - materials science , ion , ionic bonding , ionic liquid , liquid crystal , ion transporter , nanotechnology , crystallography , chemical physics , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , chemistry , catalysis
A novel ionic mixture of an imidazolium‐based room‐temperature ionic liquid containing ethylene‐oxide‐functionalized phosphite anions is fabricated, which, when doped with lithium salt, self‐assembles into a smectic‐ordered ionic liquid crystal through Coulombic interactions between the ion species. Interestingly, the smectic order in the ionic‐liquid‐crystal ionogel facilitates ionic transport.