Nanoscale Density Fluctuations in Ionic Liquid Binary Mixtures with Nonamphiphilic Compounds: First Experimental Evidence

作者:Mariani Alessandro; Dattani Rajeev; Caminiti Ruggero; Gontrani Lorenzo*
来源:Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016, 120(40): 10540-10546.
DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b07295

摘要

A complex mesoscopic organization is observed in systems containing ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) and two nonamphiphilic compounds, using wide and small angle X-ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulations. The macroscopically homogeneous mixtures exhibit a separation where an ionic liquid-rich region is percolating a molecular liquid-rich one, but no unmixing is observed. This effect was already reported in EAN alcohol mixtures, but the models proposed so far cannot explain this behavior for a nonamphiphilic compound.

  • 出版日期2016-10-13