Conference paper
Terahertz dynamics of ionic liquids from a combined dielectric relaxation, terahertz, and optical Kerr effect study: evidence for mesoscopic aggregation
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Terahertz Technology and Applications III (San Francisco, 27/01/2010–28/01/2010)
2010
Abstract
To exploit the great potential of room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as solvents that offer both low environmental impact and product selectivity, an understanding of the liquid structure, the microscopic dynamics, and the way in which the pertinent macroscopic properties, such as viscosity, thermal conductivity, ionic diffusion, and solvation dynamics depend on these properties, is essential. We have measured the intermolecular dynamics of the 1,3-dialkylimidazoliumbased RTILs [emim][BF4], [emim][DCA], and [bmim][DCA], at 25 °C from below 1 GHz to 10 THz by ultrafast optical Kerr effect (OKE) spectroscopy and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) augmented by time-domain terahertz and far-infrared FTIR spectroscopy. This concerted approach allows a more detailed analysis to be made of the relatively featureless terahertz region, where the higher frequency diffusional modes are strongly overlapped with librations and intermolecular vibrations. In the terahertz region, the signal-to-noise ratio of the OKE spectra is particularly high and the data show that there is a greater number of librational and intermolecular vibrational modes than previously detected. Of greatest interest though, is an intense low frequency (sub-alpha) relaxation that we show is in strong accordance with recent simulations that observe mesoscopic structure arising from aggregates or clusters; structure that explains the anomalous and inconveniently-high viscosities of these liquids.
Details
- Title
- Terahertz dynamics of ionic liquids from a combined dielectric relaxation, terahertz, and optical Kerr effect study: evidence for mesoscopic aggregation
- Authors/Creators
- D.A Turton (Author/Creator)J. Hunger (Author/Creator)A. Stoppa (Author/Creator)G. Hefter (Author/Creator)A. Thoman (Author/Creator)M. Walther (Author/Creator)R. Buchner (Author/Creator)K. Wynne (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- Terahertz Technology and Applications III (San Francisco, 27/01/2010–28/01/2010)
- Publisher
- Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
- Identifiers
- 991005541267807891
- Copyright
- © 2010 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Chemical and Mathematical Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Note
- Apperar in the Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Volume 7601, 2010, Article number 76010H
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