Surface induced smectic order in ionic liquids – an X-ray reflectivity study of [C22C1im]+[NTf2]−

• DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04852a
• Publication Date: 2017-09-26T12:03:15Z
• Authors: Julian Mars; Binyang Hou; Henning Weiss; Hailong Li; Oleg Konovalov; Sven Festersen; Bridget M. Murphy; Uta Rütt; Markus Bier; Markus Mezger
• Keywords: Short range order; Atmospheric temperature range

Surface induced smectic order has been observed in the ionic liquid [C₂₂C₁im]⁺[NTf₂] over an extremely wide temperature range of 88 K.