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Structural Anomalies in Ionic Liquids near the Glass Transition Revealed by Pulse EPR. / Ivanov, Mikhail Yu; Prikhod'Ko, Sergey A.; Adonin, Nicolay Yu et al.
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 9, No. 16, 16.08.2018, p. 4607-4612.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural Anomalies in Ionic Liquids near the Glass Transition Revealed by Pulse EPR
AU - Ivanov, Mikhail Yu
AU - Prikhod'Ko, Sergey A.
AU - Adonin, Nicolay Yu
AU - Kirilyuk, Igor A.
AU - Adichtchev, Sergey V.
AU - Surovtsev, Nikolay V.
AU - Dzuba, Sergei A.
AU - Fedin, Matvey V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2018/8/16
Y1 - 2018/8/16
N2 - Unusual physical and chemical properties of ionic liquids (ILs) open up prospects for various applications. We report the first observation of density/rigidity heterogeneities in a series of ILs near the glass transition temperature (Tg) by means of pulse electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Unprecedented suppression of molecular mobility is evidenced near the glass transition, which is assigned to unusual structural rearrangements of ILs on the nanometer scale. Indeed, pulse and continuous wave EPR clearly indicate the occurrence of heterogeneities near Tg, which exist in a rather broad temperature range of ∼50 K. The two types of local environments are evidenced, being drastically different by their stiffness. The more rigid one suppresses molecular mobility, whereas the softer one instead promotes diffusive molecular rotation. Such properties of ILs near Tg are of general importance; moreover, the observed density/rigidity heterogeneities controlled by temperature might be considered as a new type of tunable reaction nanoenvironment.
AB - Unusual physical and chemical properties of ionic liquids (ILs) open up prospects for various applications. We report the first observation of density/rigidity heterogeneities in a series of ILs near the glass transition temperature (Tg) by means of pulse electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Unprecedented suppression of molecular mobility is evidenced near the glass transition, which is assigned to unusual structural rearrangements of ILs on the nanometer scale. Indeed, pulse and continuous wave EPR clearly indicate the occurrence of heterogeneities near Tg, which exist in a rather broad temperature range of ∼50 K. The two types of local environments are evidenced, being drastically different by their stiffness. The more rigid one suppresses molecular mobility, whereas the softer one instead promotes diffusive molecular rotation. Such properties of ILs near Tg are of general importance; moreover, the observed density/rigidity heterogeneities controlled by temperature might be considered as a new type of tunable reaction nanoenvironment.
KW - TIME-RESOLVED EPR
KW - SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY
KW - CHARGE-TRANSPORT
KW - NMR-SPECTROSCOPY
KW - SPIN DYNAMICS
KW - TEMPERATURE
KW - WATER
KW - CATALYSIS
KW - ECHO
KW - TETRAFLUOROBORATE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85051137186&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02097
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02097
M3 - Article
C2 - 30052047
AN - SCOPUS:85051137186
VL - 9
SP - 4607
EP - 4612
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
SN - 1948-7185
IS - 16
ER -
ID: 16074378