Ionic Liquid-in-Oil Microemulsions

Eastoe, Julian; Gold, Sarah; Rogers, Sarah E.; Paul, Alison; Welton, Tom; Heenan, Richard K.; Grillo, Isabelle

doi:10.1021/ja051155f.s001

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Ionic Liquid-in-Oil Microemulsions

journal contribution

posted on 2005-05-25, 00:00 authored by Julian Eastoe, Sarah Gold, Sarah E. Rogers, Alison Paul, Tom Welton, Richard K. Heenan, Isabelle Grillo

Phase stability and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) data show that surfactant-stabilized nanodomains of a typical ionic liquid (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [bmim][BF₄]) may be dispersed by the nonionic surfactant Triton-X100 in cyclohexane. Analyses of these SANS data are consistent with the formation of ionic liquid-in-oil microemulsion droplets.