title: Doped ionic liquid crystals as effective weakly alignment media for polar solutes.
abstract: The ionic liquid crystal 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate slightly doped with water is presented as a promising NMR alignment medium for the measurement of residual dipolar couplings for polar molecules dissolved therein.
authors.affiliation: Lab. LXNMR_S.C.An., Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy. Electronic address: mariaenrica.dipietro@unical.it.
authors.forename: Maria Enrica
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.affiliation: Lab. LXNMR_S.C.An., Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Celebre
authors.affiliation: Lab. LXNMR_S.C.An., Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Luca
keywords: Ionic liquid crystals; NMR spectroscopy; Residual dipolar couplings; Weakly alignment media