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Soft Matter

The self-assembly of an imidazolium surfactant in an aprotic ionic liquid. 1. Comparison in aprotic and protic ionic liquids†

Qintang Li, ORCID logo *a   Kun Tong,b   Meng Sun,c   Meihuan Yao,de   Wenchang Zhuang,a   Yue Pan ORCID logo a  and  Xiao Chen ORCID logo *c  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou 221018, China
E-mail: liqintangwind@sina.com

b Beijing Institute of Aerospace Testing Technology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Research and Application for Aerospace Green Propellants, Beijing 100074, China

c Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China
E-mail: xchen@sdu.edu.cn

d School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China

e National United Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Bearing Tribology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China

Abstract

The aggregation behaviour of a cationic surfactant in an aprotic ionic liquid has been explored. Prolate micelles are formed at low surfactant concentrations, while a lamellar lyotropic liquid crystal phase is formed at high surfactant concentrations.

Graphical abstract: The self-assembly of an imidazolium surfactant in an aprotic ionic liquid. 1. Comparison in aprotic and protic ionic liquids

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01246G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Jul 2020
Accepted
13 Jul 2020
First published
15 Jul 2020

Soft Matter, 2020,16, 7246-7249

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The self-assembly of an imidazolium surfactant in an aprotic ionic liquid. 1. Comparison in aprotic and protic ionic liquids

Q. Li, K. Tong, M. Sun, M. Yao, W. Zhuang, Y. Pan and X. Chen, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 7246 DOI: 10.1039/D0SM01246G

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