Thorough studies of tricyanomethanide-based ionic liquids - the influence of alkyl chain length of the cation.

Musiał, Małgorzata; Cheng, Shinian; Wojnarowska, Zaneta; Yao, Beibei; Jurkiewicz, Karolina; Paluch, Marian · Soft Matter · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The glassy, supercooled, and normal liquid states of the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethanide series [CnC1im][TCM] (n = 2, 4, 6, 8, and 16) were investigated by dielectric and mechanical (rheological) experiments supplemented by X-ray diffraction. The conductivity relaxation was found to be accompanied by a pronounced secondary relaxation. However, based on ambient and high-pressure results as well as the coupling model, we assumed that the latter one can not be classified as Johari-Goldstein relaxation. Moreover, the studies on the nanoscale organization of ionic liquids indicated that 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethanide ILs begin to form nanoscale aggregates when the alkyl chain of the cation has six carbon atoms.