title: Why ionic liquids can possess extra solvent power.
abstract: We use the Flory-Huggins theory to demonstrate conditions of extra solvent power of ionic liquids. The short-range interactions between anions, cations, and molecules of the solute are taken into account. We find that solvent power of the ionic liquids is enhanced if non-Coulomb interactions between the anions and cations are repulsive. The mechanism responsible for the extra solvent power is related to the "shielding" of the anion-cation interactions by the molecules of the solute.
authors.forename: Artem A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Aerov
authors.forename: Alexei R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Khokhlov
authors.forename: Igor I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Potemkin