TY  - JOUR
A1  - Goebel, Ronald
A1  - Hesemann, Peter
A1  - Weber, Jens
A1  - Moeller, Eléonore
A1  - Friedrich, Alwin
A1  - Beuermann, Sabine
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Surprisingly high, bulk liquid-like mobility of silica-confined ionic liquids
N2  - Mesoporous silica monoliths were prepared by the sol - gel technique and. lled with 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium [Emim]-X (X = dicyanamide [N(CN)(2)], ethyl sulfate [EtSO4], thiocyanate [SCN], and triflate [TfO]) ionic liquids (ILs) using a methanol-IL exchange technique. The structure and behavior of the ILs inside the silica monoliths were studied using X-ray scattering, nitrogen sorption, IR spectroscopy, solid-state NMR, and thermal analysis. DSC finds shifts in both the glass transition temperature and melting points (where applicable) of the ILs. Glass transition and melting occur well below room temperature. There is thus no conflict with the NMR and IR data, which show that the ILs are as mobile at room temperature as the bulk (not confined) ILs. The very narrow line widths of the NMR spectra suggest that the ILs in our materials have the highest mobility reported for confined ILs so far. As a result, our data suggest that it is possible to generate IL/silica hybrid materials (ionogels) with bulk-like properties of the IL. This could be interesting for applications in, e.g., the solar cell or membrane fields.
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://xlink.rsc.org/jumptojournal.cfm?journal_code=CP
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/B821833a
SN  - 1463-9076
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Xie, Zai-Lai
A1  - Jelicic, Aleksandra
A1  - Wang, Feipeng
A1  - Rabu, Pierre
A1  - Friedrich, Alwin
A1  - Beuermann, Sabine
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Transparent, flexible, and paramagnetic ionogels based on PMMA and the iron-based ionic liquid 1-butyl-3- methylimidazolium tetrachloroferrate(III) [Bmim][FeCl4]
N2  - The iron-containing ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroferrate(III) [Bmim][FeCl4] has been used as a building block in the synthesis of transparent, ion-conducting, and paramagnetic ionogels. UV/Vis spectroscopy shows that the coordination around the Fe(III) ion does slightly change upon incorporation of the IL into PMMA. The thermal stability of the PMMA increases significantly with IL incorporation. In particular, the onset weight loss observed at ca. 265 degrees C for pure PMMA is completely suppressed. The ionic conductivity shows a strong temperature dependence and increases with increasing IL weight fractions. The magnetic properties are similar to those reported for the pure IL and are not affected by the incorporation into the PMMA matrix. The resulting ionogel is thus an interesting prototype for soft, flexible, and transparent materials combining the mechanical properties of the matrix with the functionality of the metal-containing IL, such as magnetism.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/jm/index.asp
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/C0jm01733g
SN  - 0959-9428
ER  -