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Liquid Crystals: Facilitated Ion Transport in Smectic Ordered Ionic Liquid Crystals (Adv. Mater. 42/2016)
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.201670297
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , materials science , liquid crystal , ethylene oxide , ion , ionic bonding , lithium (medication) , salt (chemistry) , crystal (programming language) , electrochemistry , oxide , ionic conductivity , crystallography , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , electrode , chemistry , optoelectronics , computer science , electrolyte , engineering , copolymer , composite material , metallurgy , programming language , endocrinology , catalysis , medicine
A novel ionic mixture consisting of an imidazolium‐based IL containing an ethylene‐oxide‐functionalized phosphite anion and a lithium salt self‐assembles into smectic‐ordered IL crystal ionogels through strong Coulombic interaction between the ion species, as described on page 9301 by J. S. Lee, K. T. Mueller, C. M. Koo, and co‐workers. Interestingly, the smectic order in the ionic‐liquid‐crystal ionogel facilitates ionic transport. The IL‐crystal ionogels provide promising opportunities for their future electrochemical applications.