Surface structures of binary mixtures of imidazolium-based ionic liquids using high-resolution Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy and time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy was written by Nakajima, Kaoru;Miyashita, Motoki;Suzuki, Motofumi;Kimura, Kenji. And the article was included in Journal of Chemical Physics in 2013.Reference of 404001-48-5 This article mentions the following:
Surface structures of binary mixtures of imidazolium-based ionic liquids having a common anion (bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (TFSI), namely C2MIM1-xC10MIMxTFSI (x = 0.5 and 0.1), were studied using high-resolution Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (HRBS) and time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS). Although both measurements show surface segregation of C10MIM the degrees of the segregation are different. The surface fraction xsurf of C10MIM is estimated to be 0.6 and 0.18 by HRBS for x = 0.5 and 0.1, resp. On the other hand, TOF-SIMS indicates much stronger surface segregation, namely xsurf = 0.83 and 0.42 for x = 0.5 and 0.1, resp. The observed discrepancy can be attributed to the difference in the probing depth between HRBS and TOF-SIMS. The observed surface segregation can be roughly explained in terms of surface tension. (c) 2013 American Institute of Physics. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 3-Dodecyl-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)amide (cas: 404001-48-5Reference of 404001-48-5).
3-Dodecyl-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)amide (cas: 404001-48-5) belongs to imidazole derivatives. Many natural products, especially alkaloids, contain the imidazole ring. These imidazoles share the 1,3-C3N2 ring but feature varied substituents. Imidazole derivatives have antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer functionality. It interacts with DNA and also binds to protein and stops cell division.Reference of 404001-48-5
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