Confinement Effects in Dynamics of Ionic Liquids with Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles

Siqi Liu, Ruhao Li, Madhusudan Tyagi, Pinar Akcora

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Abstract

Ionic liquid mixed with poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted Fe3O4 nanoparticle aggregates at low particle concentrations was found to exhibit different dynamics and ionic conductivity than that of pure ionic liquid in our previous studies. In this work, we report on the quasi-elastic neutron scattering results of ionic liquid containing polymer-grafted Fe3O4 nanoparticles at higher particle concentrations. The diffusivity of imidazolium (HMIM+) cations of 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (HMIM-TFSI) in the presence of poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted Fe3O4 nanoparticles is discussed through the confinement. Analysis of the elastic incoherent structure factor revealed that the confinement radius decreased with the addition of grafted particles in HMIM-TFSI/solvent mixture. We propose the confinement that is induced by the high concentration of grafted particles shrinks the HMIM-TFSI restricted volume. We further conjecture that this enhanced diffusivity occurs as a result of the local ordering of cations within aggregates of poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted Fe3O4 nanoparticles.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202200219
JournalChemPhysChem
Volume23
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Sep 2022

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