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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Physical Chemistry B Année : 2009

Evidence of Extended Solidlike Layering in [Bmim][NTf2] Ionic Liquid Thin Films at Room-Temperature

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We report the direct observation of solidlike ordering at room temperature of thin films of [Bmim][NTf2] ionic liquid on mica, amorphous silica, and oxidized Si(110). A statistical quantitative analysis of atomic force microscopy topographies shows that on these surfaces [Bmim][NTf2] forms layered structures, characterized by a perpendicular structural periodicity of ∼0.6 nm. Remarkably, even the highest structures, up to 50 nm high, behave solidlike against the AFM probe. Conversely, on highly oriented pyrolitic graphite the ionic liquid forms nanometer-sized, liquidlike domains. The results of this study are directly relevant for those applications where ILs are employed in form of thin films supported on solid surfaces, such as in microelectromechanical or microelectronic devices. More generally, they suggest that at the liquid/solid interface the structural properties of ILs can be far more complex than those depicted so far, and prompt new fundamental investigations of the forces that drive supported ILs through a liquidlike-to-solidlike transition.

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hal-03350032 , version 1 (21-09-2021)

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Simone Bovio, Alessandro Podestà, Cristina Lenardi, Paolo Milani. Evidence of Extended Solidlike Layering in [Bmim][NTf2] Ionic Liquid Thin Films at Room-Temperature. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009, 113 (19), pp.6600-6603. ⟨10.1021/jp9022234⟩. ⟨hal-03350032⟩

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