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Surface‐Functionalized Ionic Liquid Crystal–Supported Ionic Liquid Phase Materials: Ionic Liquid Crystals in Mesopores
Author(s) -
Kohler Florian T. U.,
Morain Bruno,
Weiß Alexander,
Laurin Mathias,
Libuda Jörg,
Wagner Valentin,
Melcher Berthold U.,
Wang Xinjiao,
Meyer Karsten,
Wasserscheid Peter
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201100379
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , differential scanning calorimetry , phase transition , phase (matter) , materials science , liquid crystal , mesoporous material , analytical chemistry (journal) , ionic bonding , crystallography , chemical engineering , chemistry , ion , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , optoelectronics , engineering , catalysis
The influence of confinement on the ionic liquid crystal (ILC) [C 18 C 1 Im][OTf] is studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized optical microscopy (POM), and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). The ILC studied is supported on Si‐based powders and glasses with pore sizes ranging from 11 to 50 nm. The temperature of the solid‐to‐liquid‐crystalline phase transition seems mostly unaffected by the confinement, whereas the temperature of the liquid‐crystalline‐to‐liquid phase transition is depressed for smaller pore sizes. A contact layer with a thickness in the order of 2 nm is identified. The contact layer exhibits a phase transition at a temperature 30 K lower than the solid‐to‐liquid‐crystalline phase transition observed for the neat ILC. For applications within the “supported ionic liquid phase (SILP)” concept, the experiments show that in pores of diameter 50 nm a pore filling of α >0.4 is sufficient to reproduce the phase transitions of the neat ILC.