Influence of the ion size on the stability of the smectic phase of ionic liquid crystals-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Influence of the ion size on the stability of the smectic phase of ionic liquid crystals

Published:2020 Issue:2 Volume:16 Page:411-420
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Cao Wudi¹²³⁴⁵,Senthilkumar Beeran⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Causin Valerio¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³,Swamy Vincent P.⁶⁷⁸⁹,Wang Yanting¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Saielli Giacomo¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³¹⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics

2. Institute of Theoretical Physics

3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

4. Beijing 100190

5. China

6. Organic Chemistry Division

7. CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory

8. Pune 411008

9. India

10. CNR Institute on Membrane Technology

11. Unit of Padova

12. Padova

13. Italy

14. Department of Chemical Sciences

Abstract

It takes two to tango: an experimental and computational study of ionic liquid crystals reveals the subtle balance between the energetic interactions in the hydrophobic and ionic layers that contribute to the stabilization of the ionic smectic phase.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/SM/C9SM02115A

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