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How Water Dissolves in Protic Ionic Liquids
Author(s) -
Hayes Robert,
Imberti Silvia,
Warr Gregory G.,
Atkin Rob
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201201973
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , nanostructure , aqueous solution , ionic bonding , pulmonary surfactant , materials science , chemical engineering , chemical physics , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , ion , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , catalysis , engineering
Water in ionic liquids : When equal masses of water and the protic ionic liquid ethylammonium nitrate are mixed a bicontinuous nanostructure results. This nanostructure resembles aqueous surfactant mesophases but has length scales at least an order of magnitude smaller. The local structure of both the water and the ionic liquid are strikingly similar to that found in the pure liquids (see picture).