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K R J Lovelock1, C Kolbeck, T Cremer, N Paape, P S Schulz, P Wasserscheid, F Maier, H-P Steinrück.
Abstract
Angle resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to study the surface composition of various nonfunctionalized and functionalized 1,3-dialkylimidazolium ionic liquids. For [CnC1Im][Tf2N] (where n = 2-16), an enrichment of the aliphatic carbon was observed for longer chains (n > or = 4). Enrichment of the aliphatic carbon also occurs for alkyl chains attached to the anion, as observed for [C2C1Im][OcOSO3]. Oligo(ethyleneglycol)ether (PEG) functionalities in the cation lead to a surface composition close to bulk stoichiometry and thus a loss in enrichment of the chains. This effect is attributed to attractive interactions between the oxygen atoms on the cation to the hydrogen atoms on the imidazolium ring for [Et(EG)2MIm] [Tf2N] and [Me(EG)3MIm][Tf2N].Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 19708216 DOI: 10.1021/jp810637d
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Phys Chem B ISSN: 1520-5207 Impact factor: 2.991