Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 32, Issue 37, Pages 9507-9512Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02639
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [2R01EY016077-08A1, 5R01EY025383-02 R01]
- Army Research Office [W911NF-12-R-0011]
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We report direct evidence for charge-induced long-range (ca. 10 mu m) order in the room-temperature ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIM+BF4-), supported on a silica surface. We have measured the rotational diffusion dynamics of anionic, cationic, and neutral chromophores as a function of distance from a silica surface. The results reflect the excess charge density gradient induced in the IL by the (negative) charge present on the silica surface. Identical measurements in ethylene glycol reveal spatially invariant reorientation dynamics for all chromophores. Capping the silica support with Me2SiCl2 results in spatially invariant reorientation dynamics in the IL. We understand these data in the context of the IL exhibiting a spatially damped piezoelectric response mediated by IL fluidity and disorder.
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