Alkyl-chain dividing layer at an alcohol/ionic liquid buried interface studied by sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy.
We demonstrate for the first time the formation of a non-polar alkyl-chain dividing layer between a room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) and an n-alcohol. This newly described non-polar interfacial layer, which should be more hydrophobic than both RTIL and alcohol phases, might find applications in liquid/liquid reaction systems, or serve as a soft nano-functional space.
Iwahashi
Takashi
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Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
Sakai
Yasunari
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Kanai
Kaname
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Kim
Doseok
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Ouchi
Yukio
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