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Santos AF, Figueirinhas JL, Dias CM, Godinho MH, Branco LC, Dionísio M. Study of the Mesomorphic Properties and Conductivity of N-Alkyl-2-Picolinium Ionic Liquid Crystals. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Haege C, Jagiella S, Giesselmann F. Towards Nematic Phases in Ionic Liquid Crystals - A Simulation Study. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202200424. [PMID: 36053025 PMCID: PMC10092135 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ionic liquid crystals (ILCs) are soft matter materials with broad liquid crystalline phases and intrinsic electric conductivity. They typically consist of a rod-shaped mesogenic ion and a smaller spherical counter-ion. Their mesomorphic properties can be easily tuned by exchanging the counter ion. ILCs show a strong tendency to form smectic A phases due to the segregation of ionic and the non-ionic molecular segments. Nematic phases are therefore extremely rare in ILCs and the question of why nematic phases are so exceptional in existing ILCs, and how nematic ILCs might be obtained in the future is of vital interest for both the fundamental understanding and the potential applications of ILCs. Here, we present the result of a simulation study, which highlights the crucial role of the location of the ionic charge on the rod-like mesogenic ions in the phase behaviour of ILCs. We find that shifting the charge from the ends towards the centre of the mesogenic ion destabilizes the liquid crystalline state and induces a change from smectic A to nematic phases.
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- Christian Haege
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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Majhi D, Dai J, Dvinskikh SV. Insights into cation-anion hydrogen bonding in mesogenic ionic liquids: an NMR study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:23532-23539. [PMID: 36129074 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03188d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The hydrogen-bonding interaction is studied in imidazolium-based mesogenic ionic liquids in their isotropic, smectic, and solid phases and in a nanoconfined state by proton solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In the smectic phase, the more basic anions form stronger hydrogen bonds. A small decrease of H-bonding in the mesophase with respect to that in the isotropic phase is associated with the presence of a layered assembly with high orientational order and limited conformational freedom. Hydrogen bond strength is not sensitive to the cation structural modification as long as the aprotic nature of the material is preserved. The strong cation-anion hydrogen bonding observed in the smectic phases provides direct support for the presence of ionic sublayers which form in ionic liquid crystals regardless of the location and alignment of the charged group in the cation, particularly irrespective of whether the charged group occupies a terminal or central position in the cation structure. A comparison of the results obtained in isotropic, liquid-crystalline, and solid states shows that in the bulk materials the dynamic state of ions ranging from high reorientational and translational freedom to partial orientation and positional order to full immobilization, respectively, has no strong impact on the cation-anion hydrogen bond strength. On the other hand, nanoconfinement of ionic liquid crystals led to hydrogen bond disruption due to competing interactions of anions with a solid interface.
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- Debashis Majhi
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Al-Kadhi NS, Alamro FS, Popoola SA, Gomha SM, Bedowr NS, Al-Juhani SS, Ahmed HA. Novel Imidazole Liquid Crystals; Experimental and Computational Approaches. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27144607. [PMID: 35889474 PMCID: PMC9316631 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27144607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The liquid crystalline materials named (E)-4-(2-(4-oxo-5,5-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)hydrazineylidene)methyl)phenyl and 4-(alkoxy)benzoate, In, were synthesized and their mesomorphic behaviors were examined. The chemical structures of the produced compounds were confirmed by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), NMR, and elemental analysis. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscopy were used to investigate the mesomorphic properties of designed heterocyclic derivatives. All the compounds tested had suitable thermal stability and enantiotropic behavior of smectogenic temperature ranges. Furthermore, the enantiotropic smectic C phases were observed to cover all the homologues. Moreover, computational investigations corroborated the experimental findings of the mesomorphic behavior. The reactivity parameters were computed for the derivatives and linked with the experimental data. Theoretical calculations revealed that the polarizability of the studied series increases with the chain length, whereas the HOMO–LUMO energy gap or other reactivity descriptors were less sensitive to the size of the system. On the other hand, the predicted thermodynamic parameters revealed the size dependence of thermal stability of the compounds.
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- Nada S. Al-Kadhi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia; (N.S.A.-K.); (F.S.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia; (N.S.A.-K.); (F.S.A.)
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah 42351, Saudi Arabia;
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah 42351, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt
- Correspondence: (S.M.G.); (H.A.A.)
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- Chemistry Department, College of Sciences, Taibah University, Yanbu 30799, Saudi Arabia; (N.S.B.); (S.S.A.-J.)
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- Chemistry Department, College of Sciences, Taibah University, Yanbu 30799, Saudi Arabia; (N.S.B.); (S.S.A.-J.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt
- Correspondence: (S.M.G.); (H.A.A.)
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Evidence of Counterion Size Effect on the Stability of Columnar Phase of Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Pyridinium Salts Derived from N-3,4,5-Tri(alkyloxy)-benzyl-4-pyridones. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12050715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The synthesis and characterization of novel ionic liquid crystals based on pyridinium salts with Br− and PF6− counterions are described in this work. These pyridinium salts were derived from 4-hydroxypyridine, both by N- and O-alkylation. The 3,4,5-tri(alkyloxy)-benzyl mesogenic unit was attached to the nitrogen atom of the pyridinium ring. Alkyl chains with a different number of carbon atoms (6, 8, 10, 12 and 14) were employed in order to show the effect on the stability of mesophase. The POM (polarizing optical microscopy) and XRD (powder X-ray diffraction) studies indicated that bromide salts with shorter chains C6, C8 and C10 do not show mesomorphic properties, while longer chain analogues with C12 and C14 exhibit two enantiotropic columnar phases. Surprisingly, the pyridinium salts with the larger size PF6− counterion do not exhibit liquid crystal properties.
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Qu R, Li G. Overview of Liquid Crystal Biosensors: From Basic Theory to Advanced Applications. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12040205. [PMID: 35448265 PMCID: PMC9032088 DOI: 10.3390/bios12040205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Liquid crystals (LCs), as the remarkable optical materials possessing stimuli-responsive property and optical modulation property simultaneously, have been utilized to fabricate a wide variety of optical devices. Integrating the LCs and receptors together, LC biosensors aimed at detecting various biomolecules have been extensively explored. Compared with the traditional biosensing technologies, the LC biosensors are simple, visualized, and efficient. Owning to the irreplaceable superiorities, the research enthusiasm for the LC biosensors is rapidly rising. As a result, it is necessary to overview the development of the LC biosensors to guide future work. This article reviews the basic theory and advanced applications of LC biosensors. We first discuss different mesophases and geometries employed to fabricate LC biosensors, after which we introduce various detecting mechanisms involved in biomolecular detection. We then focus on diverse detection targets such as proteins, enzymes, nucleic acids, glucose, cholesterol, bile acids, and lipopolysaccharides. For each of these targets, the development history and state-of-the-art work are exhibited in detail. Finally, the current challenges and potential development directions of the LC biosensors are introduced briefly.
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Charge delocalization and hyperpolarizability in ionic liquids. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lamellar Tetragonal Symmetry of Amphiphilic Thermotropic Ionic Liquid Crystals in the Framework of Other Closely Related Highly Ordered Structures. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14020394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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An overview of the chemical compounds forming the rare smectic T phases is presented with references to the historical context. Thermodynamics (transition temperatures, enthalpies) along with the factors (stereochemical constraints, electrostatic interactions, aliphatic chain stacking, intermolecular forces) contributing to the adoption of tetragonal scaffolds are also discussed. Characteristic optical microscopy textures and X-ray diffraction patterns are presented. In parallel, a comparison of the geometrical parameters such as distances between atoms, molecular areas, volumes, and lattice parameters with the closest two-dimensional and three-dimensional organizations, is performed.
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Kapernaum N, Lange A, Ebert M, Grunwald MA, Haege C, Marino S, Zens A, Taubert A, Giesselmann F, Laschat S. Current Topics in Ionic Liquid Crystals. Chempluschem 2021; 87:e202100397. [PMID: 34931472 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ionic liquid crystals (ILCs), that is, ionic liquids exhibiting mesomorphism, liquid crystalline phases, and anisotropic properties, have received intense attention in the past years. Among others, this is due to their special properties arising from the combination of properties stemming from ionic liquids and from liquid crystalline arrangements. Besides interesting fundamental aspects, ILCs have been claimed to have tremendous application potential that again arises from the combination of properties and architectures that are not accessible otherwise, or at least not accessible easily by other strategies. The current review highlights recent developments in ILC research, starting with some key fundamental aspects. Further subjects covered include the synthesis and variations of modern ILCs, including the specific tuning of their mesomorphic behavior. The review concludes with reflections on some applications that may be within reach for ILCs and finally highlights a few key challenges that must be overcome prior and during true commercialization of ILCs.
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- Nadia Kapernaum
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Golm, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Golm, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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Bhowmik PK, Koh JJ, King D, Han H, Heinrich B, Donnio B, Zaton D, Martinez-Felipe A. Dicationic stilbazolium salts: Structural, thermal, optical, and ionic conduction properties. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Giudice N, L'Her M, Scrafton E, Atoini Y, Gentile G, Heinrich B, Berthiot R, Aliprandi A, Douce L. Luminescent Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Naphthalene‐Imidazolium Unit. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Nicolas Giudice
- Département des Matériaux Organiques Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (UMR 7504) Université de Strasbourg/CNRS 23 Rue du Loess 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Département des Matériaux Organiques Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (UMR 7504) Université de Strasbourg/CNRS 23 Rue du Loess 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Département des Matériaux Organiques Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (UMR 7504) Université de Strasbourg/CNRS 23 Rue du Loess 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et des Biomatériaux Supramoléculaires Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS - UMR 7006) Université de Strasbourg - CNRS 8 Rue Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et des Biomatériaux Supramoléculaires Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS - UMR 7006) Université de Strasbourg - CNRS 8 Rue Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Département des Matériaux Organiques Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (UMR 7504) Université de Strasbourg/CNRS 23 Rue du Loess 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Département des Matériaux Organiques Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (UMR 7504) Université de Strasbourg/CNRS 23 Rue du Loess 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et des Biomatériaux Supramoléculaires Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS - UMR 7006) Université de Strasbourg - CNRS 8 Rue Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Département des Matériaux Organiques Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (UMR 7504) Université de Strasbourg/CNRS 23 Rue du Loess 67000 Strasbourg France
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Bhowmik PK, Noori O, Chen SL, Han H, Fisch MR, Robb CM, Variyam A, Martinez-Felipe A. Ionic liquid crystals: Synthesis and characterization via NMR, DSC, POM, X-ray diffraction and ionic conductivity of asymmetric viologen bistriflimide salts. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Majhi D, Dvinskikh SV. Ion conformation and orientational order in a dicationic ionic liquid crystal studied by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5985. [PMID: 33727569 PMCID: PMC7971035 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85021-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ionic liquids crystals belong to a special class of ionic liquids that exhibit thermotropic liquid-crystalline behavior. Recently, dicationic ionic liquid crystals have been reported with a cation containing two single-charged ions covalently linked by a spacer. In ionic liquid crystals, electrostatic and hydrogen bonding interactions in ionic sublayer and van der Waals interaction in hydrophobic domains are the main forces contributing to the mesophase stabilization and determining the molecular orientational order and conformation. How these properties in dicationic materials are compared to those in conventional monocationic analogs? We address this question using a combination of advanced NMR methods and DFT analysis. Dicationic salt 3,3′-(1,6-hexanediyl)bis(1-dodecylimidazolium)dibromide was studied. Local bond order parameters of flexible alkyl side chains, linker chain, and alignment of rigid polar groups were analyzed. The dynamic spacer effectively “decouples” the motion of two ionic moieties. Hence, local order and alignment in dicationic mesophase were similar to those in analogous single-chain monocationic salts. Bond order parameters in the side chains in the dicationic smectic phase were found consistently lower compared to double-chain monocationic analogs, suggesting decreasing contribution of van der Waals forces. Overall dication reorientation in the smectic phase was characterized by low values of orientational order parameter S. With increased interaction energy in the polar domain the layered structure is stabilized despite less ordered dications. The results emphasized the trends in the orientational order in ionic liquid crystals and contributed to a better understanding of interparticle interactions driving smectic assembly in this and analogous ionic mesogens.
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- Debashis Majhi
- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden. .,School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
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A field theoretic representation of the classical partition function is derived for a system composed of a mixture of anisotropic and isotropic mobile charges that interact via long range Coulomb and short range nematic interactions. The field theory is then solved on a saddle-point approximation level, leading to a coupled system of Poisson–Boltzmann and Maier–Saupe equations. Explicit solutions are finally obtained for a rod-like counterion-only system in proximity to a charged planar wall. The nematic order parameter profile, the counterion density profile and the electrostatic potential profile are interpreted within the framework of a nematic–isotropic wetting phase with a Donnan potential difference.
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Atta NF, Abdel Gawad SA, Galal A, Razik AA, El-Gohary AR. Efficient electrochemical sensor for determination of H2O2 in human serum based on nano iron‑nickel alloy/carbon nanotubes/ionic liquid crystal composite. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mangaiyarkarasi R, Premlatha S, Khan R, Pratibha R, Umadevi S. Electrochemical performance of a new imidazolium ionic liquid crystal and carbon paste composite electrode for the sensitive detection of paracetamol. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Salikolimi K, Sudhakar AA, Ishida Y. Functional Ionic Liquid Crystals. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:11702-11731. [PMID: 32927953 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Ionic liquid crystals have emerged as a new class of functional soft materials in the last two decades, and they exhibit synergistic characteristics of ionic liquids and liquid crystals such as macroscopic orientability, miscibility with various species, phase stability, nanostructural tunability, and polar nanochannel formation. Owing to these characteristics, the structures, properties, and functions of ionic liquid crystals have been a hot topic in materials chemistry, finding various applications including host frameworks for guest binding, separation membranes, ion-/proton-conducting membranes, reaction media, and optoelectronic materials. Although several excellent review articles of ionic liquid crystals have been published recently, they mainly focused on the fundamental aspects, structures, and specific properties of ionic liquid crystals, while these applications of ionic liquid crystals have not yet been discussed at one time. The aim of this feature article is to provide an overview of the applications of ionic liquid crystals in a comprehensive manner.
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Majhi D, Komolkin AV, Dvinskikh SV. NMR Spectroscopic Studies of Cation Dynamics in Symmetrically-Substituted Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid Crystals. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21145024. [PMID: 32708674 PMCID: PMC7404116 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21145024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ionic liquid crystals (ILCs) present a new class of non-molecular soft materials with a unique combination of high ionic conductivity and anisotropy of physicochemical properties. Symmetrically-substituted long-chain imidazolium-based mesogenic ionic liquids exhibiting a smectic liquid crystalline phase were investigated by solid state NMR spectroscopy and computational methods. The aim of the study was to reveal the correlation between cation size and structure, local dynamics, and orientational order in the layered mesophase. The obtained experimental data are consistent with the model of a rod-shaped cation with the two chains aligned in opposite directions outward from the imidazolium core. The alignment of the core plane to the phase director and the restricted conformations of the chain segments were determined and compared to those in single-chain counterparts. The orientational order parameter S~0.5-0.6 of double-chain ionic liquid crystals is higher than that of corresponding single-chain analogues. This is compatible with the enhanced contribution of van der Waals forces to the stabilization of smectic layers. Increased orientational order for the material with Br- counterions, which exhibit a smaller ionic radius and higher ability to form hydrogen bonds as compared to that of BF4-, also indicated a non-negligible influence of electrostatic and hydrogen bonding interactions. The enhanced rod-shape character and higher orientational order of symmetrically-substituted ILCs can offer additional opportunities in the design of self-assembling non-molecular materials.
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- Debashis Majhi
- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Faculty of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden;
- Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Majhi D, Dai J, Komolkin AV, Dvinskikh SV. Understanding ionic mesophase stabilization by hydration: a solid-state NMR study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:13408-13417. [PMID: 32510078 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01511c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The correlation between the water contribution to hydrogen bonding within ionic sublayer, mesophase order parameter, and ion translational self-diffusion in the layered ionic liquid crystalline phase is investigated. Changes in hydrogen bonding, conformational and translational dynamics, and orientational order upon hydration were followed by solid-state NMR combined with density functional theory (DFT) analysis. We observed that the smectic mesophase of monohydrated imidazolium-based ionic liquids, which was stabilized in a wider temperature range compared to that of anhydrous materials, counterintuitively exhibited a lower orientational order of organic cations. Thus the role of anisotropic alignment of cations and contribution of dispersion forces in the mesophase stability decreased upon hydration. The local dynamics of cations is controlled by the alignment of the bulky methyl-imidazolium ring, experiencing strong electrostatic and H-bond interactions in the ionic sublayer. Anisotropy of translational diffusion increased in the hydrated samples, thus supporting the layer-stabilizing effect of water. The effect of decreasing molecular order is outweighed by the contribution of water hydrogen bonding to the overall interaction energy within the ionic sublayer.
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- Debashis Majhi
- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Faculty of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden. and Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia
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Mann SK, Devgan MK, Franks WT, Huband S, Chan CL, Griffith J, Pugh D, Brooks NJ, Welton T, Pham TN, McQueen LL, Lewandowski JR, Brown SP. MAS NMR Investigation of Molecular Order in an Ionic Liquid Crystal. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:4975-4988. [PMID: 32412761 PMCID: PMC7341529 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The structure and molecular order in the thermotropic ionic liquid crystal (ILC), [choline][geranate(H)octanoate], an analogue of Choline And GEranate (CAGE), which has potential for use as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial and transdermal and oral delivery agent, were investigated by magic-angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), polarizing optical microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry and the 1H NMR chemical shift reveal that CAGE-oct is a dynamic system, with metathesis (the exchange of interacting ions) and hydrogen exchange occurring between hydrogen-bonded/ionic complexes such as [(choline)(geranate)(H)(octanoate)], [(choline)(octanoate)2(H)], and [(choline)(geranate)2(H)]. These clusters, which are shown by mass spectrometry to be significantly more stable than expected for typical electrostatic ion clusters, involve hydrogen bonding between the carboxylic acid, carboxylate, and hydroxyl groups, with rapid hydrogen bond breaking and re-formation observed to average the 1H chemical shifts. The formation of a partial bilayer liquid crystal (LC) phase was identified by SAXS and polarizing optical microscopy at temperatures below ∼293 K. The occurrence of this transition close to room temperature could be utilized as a potential temperature-induced "switch" of the anisotropic properties for particular applications. The presence of an isotropic component of approximately 23% was observed to coexist with the LC phase, as detected by polarizing optical microscopy and quantified by both 1H-13C dipolar-chemical shift correlation (DIPSHIFT) and 1H double-quantum (DQ) MAS NMR experiments. At temperatures above the LC-to-isotropic transition, intermediate-range order (clustering of polar and nonpolar domains), a feature of many ILs, persists. Site-specific order parameters for the LC phase of CAGE-oct were obtained from the MAS NMR measurement of the partially averaged 13C-1H dipolar couplings (DCH) by cross-polarization (CP) build-up curves and DIPSHIFT experiments, and 1H-1H dipolar couplings (DHH) by double-quantum (DQ) build-up curves. The corresponding order parameters, SCH and SHH, are in the range 0-0.2 and are lower compared to those for smectic (i.e., layered) phases of conventional nonionic liquid crystals, resembling those of lamellar phases formed by lyotropic surfactant-solvent systems.
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- Sarah K Mann
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.,Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- GSK R&D, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K
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- GSK R&D, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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Bhowmik PK, Al-Karawi MKM, Killarney ST, Dizon EJ, Chang A, Kim J, Chen SL, Principe RCG, Ho A, Han H, Mandal HD, Cortez RG, Gutierrez B, Mendez K, Sharpnack L, Agra-Kooijman DM, Fisch MR, Kumar S. Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline and Light-Emitting Properties of Bis(4-aalkoxyphenyl) Viologen Bis(triflimide) Salts. Molecules 2020; 25:E2435. [PMID: 32456122 PMCID: PMC7288076 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25102435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A series of bis(4-alkoxyphenyl) viologen bis(triflimide) salts with alkoxy chains of different lengths were synthesized by the metathesis reaction of respective bis(4-alkoxyphenyl) viologen dichloride salts, which were in turn prepared from the reaction of Zincke salt with the corresponding 4-n-alkoxyanilines, with lithium triflimide in methanol. Their chemical structures were characterized by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and elemental analysis. Their thermotropic liquid-crystalline (LC) properties were examined by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy, and variable temperature X-ray diffraction. Salts with short length alkoxy chains had crystal-to-liquid transitions. Salts of intermediate length alkoxy chains showed both crystal-to-smectic A (SmA) transitions, Tms, and SmA-to-isotropic transitions, Tis. Those with longer length of alkoxy chains had relatively low Tms at which they formed the SmA phases that persisted up to the decomposition at high temperatures. As expected, all of them had excellent thermal stabilities in the temperature range of 330-370 °C. Their light-emitting properties in methanol were also included.
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- Pradip K. Bhowmik
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, USA; (M.K.M.A.-K.); (S.T.K.); (E.J.D.); (A.C.); (J.K.); (S.L.C.); (R.C.G.P.); (A.H.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Texas A & M International University, 5201 University Blvd., Laredo, TX 78041, USA; (H.D.M.); (R.G.C.); (B.G.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Texas A & M International University, 5201 University Blvd., Laredo, TX 78041, USA; (H.D.M.); (R.G.C.); (B.G.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Texas A & M International University, 5201 University Blvd., Laredo, TX 78041, USA; (H.D.M.); (R.G.C.); (B.G.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Texas A & M International University, 5201 University Blvd., Laredo, TX 78041, USA; (H.D.M.); (R.G.C.); (B.G.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Earth Science, 1006 Webb Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA;
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA;
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- College of Aeronautics and Engineering, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA;
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- Division of Research, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, USA;
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Atta NF, Galal A, El-Ads EH, Galal AE. Efficient Electrochemical Sensor Based on Gold Nanoclusters/Carbon Ionic Liquid Crystal for Sensitive Determination of Neurotransmitters and Anti-Parkinson Drugs. Adv Pharm Bull 2019; 10:46-55. [PMID: 32002361 PMCID: PMC6983987 DOI: 10.15171/apb.2020.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Purpose: Herein we introduce a simple and sensitive sensor for the electrochemical determination of neurotransmitters compounds and anti-Parkinson drugs.
Methods: The electrochemical sensor (Au/CILCE) based on gold nanoclusters modified carbon ionic liquid crystal (ILC) electrode was characterized using scanning electron microscopy and voltammetry measurements.
Results: The effect of ionic liquid type in the carbon paste composite for the electro-catalytic oxidation of L-dopa was evaluated. Highest current response was obtained in case of ILC compared to other studied kinds of ionic liquids. The effective combination of gold nanoclusters and ILC resulted in extra advantages including large surface area and high ionic conductivity of the nanocomposite. L-dopa is considered one of the most important prescribed medicines for treating Parkinson’s disease. Moreover, a binary therapy using L-dopa and carbidopa proved effective and promising as it avoids the short comings of L-dopa mono-therapy for Parkinson’s patients. The Au/CILCE can detect L-dopa in human serum in the linear concentration range of 0.1 μM to 90 μM with detection and quantification limits of 4.5 nM and 15.0 nM, respectively. Also, the Au/CILCE sensor can simultaneously and sensitively detect L-dopa in the presence of carbidopa with low detection limits.
Conclusion: The sensor is advantageous to be applicable for electrochemical sensing of other biologically electroactive species.
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- Nada Farouk Atta
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
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Saielli G, Satoh K. A coarse-grained model of ionic liquid crystals: the effect of stoichiometry on the stability of the ionic nematic phase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:20327-20337. [PMID: 31495845 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03296g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have investigated, by means of molecular dynamics simulations, the phase behaviour of mixtures of charged ellipsoidal Gay-Berne (GB) particles and spherical Lennard-Jones (LJ) particles, as a coarse-grained model of ionic liquid crystals (ILCs). The anisotropic GB particles represent cations usually found in ILCs, for example, pyridinium or bipyridinium salts, while the spherical LJ particles are taken as a model of anions like common halides, hexafluorophosphate and tetrafluoroborate. Here we have focused our attention on the effect of the stoichiometry of the system (that is, the GB : LJ ratio n : m in the salt formula [GB]n[LJ]m) on the stability and thermal range of the ionic liquid crystal phases formed, with special attention to the ionic nematic phase. To isolate the stoichiometry effect, a comparison of four different systems with GB : LJ ratios of 1 : 3, 1 : 2, 1 : 1 and 2 : 1 is made by keeping the packing fraction and the charge of the minor component fixed. Our results suggest a way to improve the stability of the ionic nematic phase by enhancing the anisotropic van der Waals interaction compared to the Coulomb interaction, and by increasing the proportion of anisotropic particles in the mixture.
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- Giacomo Saielli
- CNR Institute on Membrane Technology, Unit of Padova, Via Marzolo, 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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Venkatesh S, Yadav PK, Kolambe MG, Ramana M. Ionic liquid crystals derived from dl-Phenylalanine: Mesomorphism, optical behavior and evaluation of toxicological profile. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mesomorphic behavior of methanesulfonate salts of esters of L-Methionine and their optical properties. J CHEM SCI 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12039-019-1644-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Esperança JMSS, Tariq M, Pereiro AB, Araújo JMM, Seddon KR, Rebelo LPN. Anomalous and Not-So-Common Behavior in Common Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid-Containing Systems. Front Chem 2019; 7:450. [PMID: 31281812 PMCID: PMC6596442 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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This work highlights unexpected, not so well known responses of ionic liquids and ionic liquid-containing systems, which are reported in a collective manner, as a short review. Examples include: (i) Minima in the temperature dependence of the isobaric thermal expansion coefficient of some ILs; (ii) Viscosity Minima in binary mixtures of IL + Molecular solvents; (iii) Anomalies in the surface tension within a family of ILs; (iv) The constancy among IL substitution of Cp/Vm at and around room temperature; (v) ILs as glass forming liquids; (vi) Alternate odd-even side alkyl chain length effects; (vii) Absolute negative pressures in ILs and IL-containing systems; (viii) Reversed-charged ionic liquid pairs; (ix) LCST immiscibility behavior in IL + solvent systems.
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- José M S S Esperança
- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- QUILL Research Centre, the Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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Atta NF, Galal A, Hassan SH. Ultrasensitive determination of nalbuphine and tramadol narcotic analgesic drugs for postoperative pain relief using nano-cobalt oxide/ionic liquid crystal/carbon nanotubes-based electrochemical sensor. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Properties of Viologens Containing 4-n-alkylbenzenesulfonates. CRYSTALS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst9020077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A series of viologens containing 4-n-alkylbenzenesulfonates were synthesized by the metathesis reaction of 4-n-alkylbenzenesulfonic acids or sodium 4-n-alkylbezenesulfonates with the respective viologen dibromide in alcohols. Their chemical structures were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared, 1H and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectra and elemental analysis. Their thermotropic liquid-crystalline (LC) properties were examined by differential scanning calorimetry and polarizing optical microscopy. They formed LC phases above their melting transitions and showed isotropic transitions. As expected, all the viologen salts had excellent stabilities in the temperature range of 278–295 °C as determined by thermogravimetric analysis.
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Chae H, Lee YH, Yang M, Yoon WJ, Yoon DK, Jeong KU, Song YH, Choi UH, Lee M. Interesting phase behaviors and ion-conducting properties of dicationic N-alkylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate salts. RSC Adv 2019; 9:3972-3978. [PMID: 35518086 PMCID: PMC9060431 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09208g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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A series of dicationic imidazolium bis(tetrafluoroborate) salts were newly synthesized, and their phase transition behaviors were correlated with thermal, scattering, optical and conductivity results. The bis-imidazolium salts having side-chain lengths of C6-C10 showed plastic crystal mesophases, while a liquid crystal mesophase was formed in the bis-imidazolium salts with long side-chains (C11 and C12). Soft plastic and liquid crystalline phases were also confirmed by wide-angle X-ray diffraction. For the bis-imidazolium salts exhibiting a plastic crystal mesophase, the ionic conductivity suddenly increased at the melting temperature. However, the bis-imidazolium salts with long side-chains showed a slope increase during the liquid crystal-liquid crystal transition.
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- Hyunho Chae
- Department of Chemistry, Kunsan National University 558 Daehak-ro Gunsan South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kunsan National University 558 Daehak-ro Gunsan South Korea
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- Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon South Korea
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- Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu Jeonju South Korea
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- Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon South Korea
- Department of Chemistry and KINC, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon South Korea
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- Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu Jeonju South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Pukyong National University 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu Busan South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Pukyong National University 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu Busan South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Kunsan National University 558 Daehak-ro Gunsan South Korea
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Substituted Azolium Disposition: Examining the Effects of Alkyl Placement on Thermal Properties. CRYSTALS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst9010034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We describe the thermal phase characteristics of a series of 4,5-bis(n-alkyl)azolium salts that were studied using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized-light optical microscopy (POM), and synchrotron-based small- to wide-angle X-ray scattering (SWAXS) measurements. Key results were obtained for 1,3-dimethyl-4,5-bis(n-undecyl)imidazolium iodide (1-11), 1,3-dimethyl-4,5-bis(n-pentadecyl)- imidazolium iodide (1-15), and 1,2,3-trimethyl-4,5-bis(n-pentadecyl)imidazolium iodide (2), which were found to adopt enantiotropic smectic A mesophases. Liquid-crystalline mesophases were not observed for 1,3-dimethyl-4,5-bis(n-heptyl)imidazolium iodide (1-7), 3-methyl-4,5-bis(n-penta-decyl)thiazolium iodide (3), and 2-amino-4,5-bis(n-pentadecyl)imidazolium chloride (4). Installing substituents in the 4- and 5-positions of the imidazolium salts appears to increase melting points while lowering clearing points when compared to data reported for 1,3-disubstituted analogues.
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Veltri L, Cavallo G, Beneduci A, Metrangolo P, Corrente GA, Ursini M, Romeo R, Terraneo G, Gabriele B. Synthesis and thermotropic properties of new green electrochromic ionic liquid crystals. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj03303c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New liquid crystal viologens, which exhibit green electrochromic behavior in the LC phase, rarely observed for small molecules, have been developed.
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- Lucia Veltri
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
- Università della Calabria
- 87036 Arcavacata di Rende
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20131 Milano
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
- Università della Calabria
- 87036 Arcavacata di Rende
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20131 Milano
- Italy
- VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
- Università della Calabria
- 87036 Arcavacata di Rende
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20131 Milano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche
- Biologiche
- Farmaceutiche e Ambientali
- 98168 Messina
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20131 Milano
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
- Università della Calabria
- 87036 Arcavacata di Rende
- Italy
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Mangaiyarkarasi R, Selvam S, Ganesh V, Umadevi S. A cholesterol based imidazolium ionic liquid crystal: synthesis, characterisation and its dual application as an electrolyte and electrode material. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04988b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dual application of a new cholesterol containing imidazolium ionic liquid crystal as an electrolyte for hybrid flexible supercapacitor and an electrode material in combination with carbon paste.
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- R. Mangaiyarkarasi
- Department of Industrial Chemistry
- School of Chemical Sciences
- Alagappa University
- Karaikudi – 630003
- India
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Dongguk University
- Seoul – 100715
- South Korea
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- Electrodics and Electrocatalysis Division (EEC)
- CSIR – Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI)
- Karaikudi – 630003
- India
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry
- School of Chemical Sciences
- Alagappa University
- Karaikudi – 630003
- India
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Saielli G. Computational Spectroscopy of Ionic Liquids for Bulk Structure Elucidation. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.201800084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Giacomo Saielli
- CNR Institute on Membrane Technology; Unit of Padova; Via Marzolo 1-35131 Padova Italy
- Department of Chemical Sciences; University of Padova; Via Marzolo 1-35131 Padova Italy
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Weyman A, Bier M, Holm C, Smiatek J. Microphase separation and the formation of ion conductivity channels in poly(ionic liquid)s: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics study. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:193824. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5016814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Alexander Weyman
- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- ETH Zürich, Department of Materials, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Institute for Theoretical Physics IV, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute Muenster (HIMS-IEK 12), Forschungszentrum Juelich, Corrensstrasse 46, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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Park G, Goossens K, Shin TJ, Bielawski CW. Dicyanamide Salts that Adopt Smectic, Columnar, or Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid-Crystalline Mesophases. Chemistry 2018; 24:6399-6411. [PMID: 29446859 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Although dicyanamide (i.e., [N(CN)2 ]- ) has been commonly used to obtain low-viscosity, halogen-free, room-temperature ionic liquids, liquid-crystalline salts containing such anions have remained virtually unexplored. Here we report a series of amphiphilic dicyanamide salts that, depending on their structures and compositions, adopt smectic, columnar, or bicontinuous cubic thermotropic liquid-crystalline mesophases, even at room temperature in some cases. Their thermal properties were explored by polarized light optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis (including evolved gas analysis), and variable-temperature synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Comparison of the thermal phase characteristics of these new liquid-crystalline salts featuring "V-shaped" [N(CN)2 ]- anions with those of structural analogues containing [SCN]- , [BF4 ]- , [PF6 ]- , or [CF3 SO3 ]- anions indicated that not only the size of the counterion but also its shape should be considered in the development of mesomorphic salts. Collectively, these discoveries may be expected to facilitate the design of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals that form inverted-type bicontinuous cubic and other sophisticated liquid-crystalline phases.
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- Geonhui Park
- Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.,Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- UNIST Central Research Facilities (UCRF) and School of Natural Science, UNIST, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.,Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.,Department of Energy Engineering, UNIST, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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Cifelli M, Domenici V, Chizhik VI, Dvinskikh SV. 15N- 13C Dipole Couplings in Smectic Mesophase of a Thermotropic Ionic Liquid. APPLIED MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2018; 49:553-562. [PMID: 29904238 PMCID: PMC5988779 DOI: 10.1007/s00723-018-1000-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Unique combination of ionic conductivity and anisotropic physical properties in ionic liquid crystals leads to new dynamic properties exploited in modern technological applications. Structural and dynamics information at atomic level for molecules and ions in mesophases can be obtained by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy through the measurements of dipole-dipole spin couplings. While 13C-1H and 15N-1H dipolar NMR spectra can be routinely acquired in samples with natural isotopic abundance, recording 15N-13C dipolar NMR spectra is challenging because of the unfavourable combination of two rare isotopes. In the present study, an approach to measure 15N-13C dipole-dipole NMR spectra in static liquid crystalline samples with natural abundance is introduced. We demonstrate that well-resolved spectra can be recorded within 10 h of experimental time using a conventional NMR probe and a moderately strong magnetic field. The technique is applied to a thermotropic smectic mesophase formed by an ionic liquid with imidazolium-based organic cation.
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- M. Cifelli
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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Klauke K, Zaitsau DH, Bülow M, He L, Klopotowski M, Knedel TO, Barthel J, Held C, Verevkin SP, Janiak C. Thermodynamic properties of selenoether-functionalized ionic liquids and their use for the synthesis of zinc selenide nanoparticles. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:5083-5097. [PMID: 29561056 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt00233a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Three selenoether-functionalized ionic liquids (ILs) of N-[(phenylseleno)methylene]pyridinium (1), N-(methyl)- (2) and N-(butyl)-N'-[(phenylseleno)methylene]imidazolium (3) with bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide anions ([NTf2]) were prepared from pyridine, N-methylimidazole and N-butylimidazole with in situ obtained phenylselenomethyl chloride, followed by ion exchange to give the desired compounds. The crystal structures of the bromide and tetraphenylborate salts of the above cations (1-Br, 2-BPh4 and 3-BPh4) confirm the formation of the desired cations and indicate a multitude of different supramolecular interactions besides the dominating Coulomb interactions between the cations and anions. The vaporization enthalpies of the synthesized [NTf2]-containing ILs were determined by means of a quartz-crystal microbalance method (QCM) and their densities were measured with an oscillating U-tube. These thermodynamic data have been used to develop a method for assessment of miscibility of conventional solvents in the selenium-containing ILs by using Hildebrandt solubility parameters, as well as for modeling with the electrolyte perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory (ePC-SAFT) method. Furthermore, structure-property relations between selenoether-functionalized and similarly shaped corresponding aryl-substituted imidazolium- and pyridinium-based ILs were analyzed and showed that the contribution of the selenium moiety to the enthalpy of vaporization of an IL is equal to the contribution of a methylene (CH2) group. An incremental approach to predict vaporization enthalpies of ILs by a group contribution method has been developed. The reaction of these ILs with zinc acetate dihydrate under microwave irradiation led to ZnSe nanoparticles of an average diameter between 4 and 10 nm, depending on the reaction conditions.
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- Karsten Klauke
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Universität Rostock, Dr.-Lorenz-Weg 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Dortmund, Emil-Figge-Str. 70, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Gemeinschaftslabor für Elektronenmikroskopie RWTH-Aachen, Ernst-Ruska-Centrum für Mikroskopie und Spektroskopie mit Elektronen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dortmund, Emil-Figge-Str. 70, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Universität Rostock, Dr.-Lorenz-Weg 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Using Polarized Spectroscopy to Investigate Order in Thin-Films of Ionic Self-Assembled Materials Based on Azo-Dyes. NANOMATERIALS 2018; 8:nano8020109. [PMID: 29462883 PMCID: PMC5853740 DOI: 10.3390/nano8020109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Three series of ionic self-assembled materials based on anionic azo-dyes and cationic benzalkonium surfactants were synthesized and thin films were prepared by spin-casting. These thin films appear isotropic when investigated with polarized optical microscopy, although they are highly anisotropic. Here, three series of homologous materials were studied to rationalize this observation. Investigating thin films of ordered molecular materials relies to a large extent on advanced experimental methods and large research infrastructure. A statement that in particular is true for thin films with nanoscopic order, where X-ray reflectometry, X-ray and neutron scattering, electron microscopy and atom force microscopy (AFM) has to be used to elucidate film morphology and the underlying molecular structure. Here, the thin films were investigated using AFM, optical microscopy and polarized absorption spectroscopy. It was shown that by using numerical method for treating the polarized absorption spectroscopy data, the molecular structure can be elucidated. Further, it was shown that polarized optical spectroscopy is a general tool that allows determination of the molecular order in thin films. Finally, it was found that full control of thermal history and rigorous control of the ionic self-assembly conditions are required to reproducibly make these materials of high nanoscopic order. Similarly, the conditions for spin-casting are shown to be determining for the overall thin film morphology, while molecular order is maintained.
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Wu TY, Su SG, Chiu CL, Kuo CW, Tung YH. Impact of polyethyleneglycol addition on diffusion coefficients in binary ionic liquid electrolytes composed of dicationic ionic liquid and polyethyleneglycol. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2018; 56:86-94. [PMID: 28499327 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We conduct a comparative study of conductivity and diffusion coefficient of two dicationic ionic liquids (3,3'-(octane-1,8-diyl)bis(1-ethyl-3-imidazolium) bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide ([IMCI][TFSI], S1) and 3,3'-(2,2'-(ethane-1,2-diylbis(oxy))bis(ethane-2,1-diyl))bis(1-ethyl-3-imidazolium) bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide ([IMOI][TFSI], S2)) at various temperatures. The diffusion coefficients of cation and anion in ionic liquids are determined by using pulse gradient spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance method. S2 shows lower viscosity, higher conductivity, and higher diffusion coefficient than those of S1. Moreover, the influence of polyethyleneglycol (PEG200, Mw = 200) addition in PEG200/IL binary solutions is investigated. PEG200/S1 binary solutions show lower viscosity, higher conductivity, and higher diffusion coefficient than those of neat S1. The experimental molar conductivity (Λ) of neat IL and PEG200/IL binary solutions is lower than that of the calculated molar conductivity (ΛNMR ) from pulse gradient spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance method at various temperatures, indicating that not all the diffusion species belong to the ionic conduction. In other words, NMR diffusion measurements comprise charged and paired (without charge) ions. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Tzi-Yi Wu
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, 64002, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, 64002, Taiwan
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Charge Transport and Phase Behavior of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid Crystals from Fully Atomistic Simulations. MATERIALS 2018; 11:ma11010064. [PMID: 29301305 PMCID: PMC5793562 DOI: 10.3390/ma11010064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ionic liquid crystals occupy an intriguing middle ground between room-temperature ionic liquids and mesostructured liquid crystals. Here, we examine a non-polarizable, fully atomistic model of the 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium nitrate family using molecular dynamics in the constant pressure-constant temperature ensemble. These materials exhibit a distinct "smectic" liquid phase, characterized by layers formed by the molecules, which separate the ionic and aliphatic moieties. In particular, we discuss the implications this layering may have for electrolyte applications.
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Wang RT, Lee GH, Lai CK. Effect of counter ions on the mesogenic ionic N-phenylpyridiniums. CrystEngComm 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ce00286j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two series of ionic liquid crystals (ILCs) derived from N-phenylpyridinium 1–2 were prepared and their mesomorphic properties were investigated.
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- Ren-Tzong Wang
- Department of Chemistry
- National Central University
- Chung-Li
- Republic of China
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- Instrumentation Center
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei
- Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Central University
- Chung-Li
- Republic of China
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Popov N, Honaker LW, Popova M, Usol'tseva N, Mann EK, Jákli A, Popov P. Thermotropic Liquid Crystal-Assisted Chemical and Biological Sensors. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 11:E20. [PMID: 29295530 PMCID: PMC5793518 DOI: 10.3390/ma11010020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In this review article, we analyze recent progress in the application of liquid crystal-assisted advanced functional materials for sensing biological and chemical analytes. Multiple research groups demonstrate substantial interest in liquid crystal (LC) sensing platforms, generating an increasing number of scientific articles. We review trends in implementing LC sensing techniques and identify common problems related to the stability and reliability of the sensing materials as well as to experimental set-ups. Finally, we suggest possible means of bridging scientific findings to viable and attractive LC sensor platforms.
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- Nicolai Popov
- Department of Biology & Chemistry, Ivanovo State University, 153025 Ivanovo, Russia.
- Nanomaterials Research Institute, Ivanovo State University, 153025 Ivanovo, Russia.
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- Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, L-1511 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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- Nanomaterials Research Institute, Ivanovo State University, 153025 Ivanovo, Russia.
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- Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
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Vinodha M, Senthilkumar K. Counter anion effect on structural, opto-electronic and charge transport properties of fused π-conjugated imidazolium compound. Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1414965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- M. Vinodha
- Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
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Huang RT, Rondla R, Wang WJ, Lin IJ. Gemini imidazolium salts comprising Cl − , BF 4 − , PF 6 − , AuCl 4 − counterions: Synthesis, thermotropic liquid crystal study and use of AuCl 4 − salt precursor to AuNPs. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.07.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kobayashi T, Ichikawa T, Kato T, Ohno H. Development of Glassy Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystals for Solid Proton-Conductive Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1604429. [PMID: 27882615 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Glassy bicontinuous cubic liquid crystals are developed to be a matrix having a hydrophilic infinite periodic minimal surface (IPMS). They function as a scaffold for water, leading to the formation of a 3D continuous hydrogen-bonding network of water molecules along the IPMS. This material design is advantageous for developing novel electrolytes with rigidity and high proton conductivity.
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- Tsubasa Kobayashi
- Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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