Issue 23, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Self-assembly in the electrical double layer of ionic liquids

Susan Perkin,*a   Lorna Crowhurst,b   Heiko Niedermeyer,b   Tom Welton,b   Alexander M. Smitha  and  Nitya Nand Gosvamia  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, UK
E-mail: susan.perkin@ucl.ac.uk

b Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, UK
E-mail: t.welton@imperial.ac.uk

Abstract

We have studied the structure of two ionic liquids confined between negatively charged mica sheets. Both liquids exhibit interfacial layering, however the repeat distance is dramatically different for the two liquids. Our results suggest a transition from alternating cation–anion monolayers to tail-to-tail cation bilayers when the length of the cation hydrocarbon chain is increased.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC11322D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Mar 2011
Accepted
20 Apr 2011
First published
13 May 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 6572-6574

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Self-assembly in the electrical double layer of ionic liquids

S. Perkin, L. Crowhurst, H. Niedermeyer, T. Welton, A. M. Smith and N. N. Gosvami, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6572 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11322D

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