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Title: Structure of ionic liquids with cationic silicon-substitutions

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962257· OSTI ID:1326105
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  1. Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
  2. Chiba Univ. (Japan)
  3. City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States). Queensborough Community College

Significantly lower viscosities result when a single alkyl carbon is replaced by a silicon atom on the side chain of an ionic liquid cation. To further explore this effect, we compare liquid structure factors measured using high-energy X-ray scattering and calculated using molecular dynamics simulations. In this work, four ionic liquids are studied that each has a common anion, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide (NTf$${^–_2}$$). The four cations for this series of NTf$${^–_2}$$-anion ionic liquids are 1-methyl-3-trimethylsilylmethylimidazolium (Si-mim+), 1-methyl-3-neopentylimidazolium (C-mim+), 1-methyl-3-pentamethyldisiloxymethylimidazolium (SiOSi-mim+), and 1-methyl-1- trimethylsilylmethylpyrrolidinium (Si-pyrr+). To achieve quantitative agreement between the structure factors measured using high-energy X-ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulations, new transferable parameters for silicon were calibrated and added to the existing force fields.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
CHE-1362272; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1326105
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 145, Issue 11; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 21 works
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