title: Self-assembly in the electrical double layer of ionic liquids.
abstract: We have studied the structure of two ionic liquids confined between negatively charged mica sheets. Both liquids exhibit interfacial layering, however the repeat distance is dramatically different for the two liquids. Our results suggest a transition from alternating cation-anion monolayers to tail-to-tail cation bilayers when the length of the cation hydrocarbon chain is increased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK. susan.perkin@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perkin
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crowhurst
authors.forename: Heiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niedermeyer
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Welton
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Nitya Nand
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Gosvami