Research by scientists in the UK suggests that small changes in the nature of binary ionic liquid systems can significantly alter their surface composition. The findings may aid the design of ionic liquid films for applications such as gas capture and supported catalysis, where surface adsorption is essential.
Studies on simple one-cation–one-anion mixtures have previously revealed that the outer layers contain a greater concentration of alkyl chains than in the bulk…
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Fine tuning the ionic liquid–vacuum outer atomic surface using ion mixtures
Ignacio J. Villar-Garcia, Sarah Fearn, Nur L. Ismail, Alastair J. S. McIntosh and Kevin R. J. Lovelock
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06307D
