The Journal of Physical Chemistry B • Vol 128 • No 17
Anion Architecture Controls Structure and Electroresponsivity of Anhalogenous Ionic Liquids in a Sustainable Fluid
April 2024 • S. Li, Oliver S. Hammond, Andrew Nelson, Liliana de Campo, Michael Moir, Carl Recsei, Manishkumar R. Shimpi, Sergei Glavatskih, Georgia A. Pilkington…
Three nonhalogenated ionic liquids (ILs) dissolved in 2-ethylhexyl laurate (2-EHL), a biodegradable oil, are investigated in terms of their bulk and electro-interfacial nanoscale structures using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and neutron reflectivity (NR). The ILs share the same trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium ([P<sub>6,6,6,14</sub>]<sup>+</sup>) cation paired with different anions, bis(mandelato)borate ([BMB]<sup>-</sup>), bis(oxalato)borate ([BOB]<sup>-</sup>), and bis(salicylato)borate ([BScB]<sup>-</su…