Melting point depression of ionic liquids confined in nanospaces.
A new physical method was proposed to control the liquid properties of room temperature ionic liquids (RT-ILs) in combination with nanoporous materials; the melting point of ILs confined in nanopores remarkably decreases in proportion to the inverse of the pore size.
Kanakubo
Mitsuhiro
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 4-2-1 Nigatake, Miyagino-ku, Sendai 983-8551, Japan. m-kanakubo@aist.go.jp
Hiejima
Yusuke
Y
Minami
Kimitaka
K
Aizawa
Takafumi
T
Nanjo
Hiroshi
H