TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zehbe, Kerstin
A1  - Kollosche, Matthias
A1  - Lardong, Sebastian
A1  - Kelling, Alexandra
A1  - Schilde, Uwe
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Ionogels Based on Poly(methyl methacrylate) and Metal-Containing Ionic Liquids: Correlation between Structure and Mechanical and Electrical Properties
JF  - International journal of molecular sciences
N2  - Ionogels (IGs) based on poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and the metal-containing ionic liquids (ILs) bis-1-butyl-3-methlimidazolium tetrachloridocuprate(II), tetrachloride cobaltate(II), and tetrachlorido manganate(II) have been synthesized and their mechanical and electrical properties have been correlated with their microstructure. Unlike many previous examples, the current IGs show a decreasing stability in stress-strain experiments on increasing IL fractions. The conductivities of the current IGs are lower than those observed in similar examples in the literature. Both effects are caused by a two-phase structure with micrometer-sized IL-rich domains homogeneously dispersed an IL-deficient continuous PMMA phase. This study demonstrates that the IL-polymer miscibility and the morphology of the IGs are key parameters to control the (macroscopic) properties of IGs.
KW  - microstructure
KW  - ionogels
KW  - ionic liquids
KW  - phase separation
KW  - mechanical properties
KW  - ionic conductivity
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17030391
SN  - 1422-0067
VL  - 17
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wang, Feipeng
A1  - Lack, Alexander
A1  - Xie, Zailai
A1  - Frübing, Peter
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
A1  - Gerhard, Reimund
T1  - Ionic-liquid-induced ferroelectric polarization in poly(vinylidene fluoride) thin films
JF  - Applied physics letters
N2  - Thin films of ferroelectric beta-phase poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) were spin-coated from a solution that contained small amounts of the ionic liquid (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium nitrate. A remanent polarization of 60 mC/m(2) and a quasi-static pyroelectric coefficient of 19 mu C/m(2)K at 30 degrees C were observed in the films. It is suggested that the IL promotes the formation of the beta phase through dipolar interactions between PVDF chain-molecules and the IL. The dipolar interactions are identified as Coulomb attraction between hydrogen atoms in PVDF chains and anions in IL. The strong crystallinity increase is probably caused by the same dipolar interaction as well.
KW  - dielectric polarisation
KW  - ferroelectric thin films
KW  - polymer films
KW  - pyroelectricity
KW  - spin coating
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3683526
SN  - 0003-6951
VL  - 100
IS  - 6
PB  - American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Douce, Laurent
A1  - Suisse, Jean-Moise
A1  - Guillon, Daniel
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Imidazolium-based liquid crystals a modular platform for versatile new materials with finely tuneable properties and behaviour
JF  - Liquid crystals : an international journal of science and technology
N2  - Ionic liquid Crystals constitute highly versatile materials that have drawn much interest these past few years in the fields of academic research and industrial development. In this respect, the present article is intended as an update of K. Binnemans review published in 2005, but focusing exclusively on the imidazolium cation - the most widely studied. Herein, imidazolium-containing thermotropic liquid crystalline materials will be sorted by molecular structure (mono-, bis-, poly-imidazolium compounds, with symmetrical and non-symmetrical structures) and discussed. Their physico-chemical properties will be exposed in order to adduce the relevancy and potential of the imidazolium platform in various fields of research.
KW  - imidazolium
KW  - liquid crystal
KW  - ionic liquid
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2011.610474
SN  - 0267-8292
VL  - 38
IS  - 11-12
SP  - 1653
EP  - 1661
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - de Zea Bermudez, Veronica
A1  - Leroux, Fabrice
A1  - Rabu, Pierre
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Hybrid nanomaterials: from the laboratory to the market
T2  - Beilstein journal of nanotechnology
KW  - hybrid nanomaterials
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.87
SN  - 2190-4286
VL  - 8
SP  - 861
EP  - 862
PB  - Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften
CY  - Frankfurt, Main
ER  -