title: Alkyl-chain dividing layer at an alcohol/ionic liquid buried interface studied by sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwahashi
authors.forename: Yasunari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Kaname
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanai
authors.forename: Doseok
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ouchi