TY - JOUR A1 - Sangoro, J. R. A1 - Iacob, C. A1 - Naumov, S. A1 - Valiullin, R. A1 - Rexhausen, Hans A1 - Hunger, J. A1 - Buchner, R. A1 - Strehmel, Veronika A1 - Kaerger, J. A1 - Kremer, F. T1 - Diffusion in ionic liquids the interplay between molecular structure and dynamics JF - Soft matter N2 - Diffusion in a series of ionic liquids is investigated by a combination of Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS) and Pulsed Field Gradient Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (PFG NMR). It is demonstrated that the mean jump lengths increase with the molecular volumes determined from quantum-chemical calculations. This provides a direct means-via Einstein-Smoluchowski relation-to determine the diffusion coefficient by BDS over more than 8 decades unambiguously and in quantitative agreement with PFG NMR measurements. New possibilities in the study of charge transport and dynamic glass transition in ionic liquids are thus opened. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01404d SN - 1744-683X VL - 7 IS - 5 SP - 1678 EP - 1681 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge ER -