Manipulating interionic interactions in ionic liquids.
Molecular to macroscale.
Interfaces at all length scales.
Ions interacting in the screened environment.
Molecular Basis
Companies
Infineum UK Ltd Steve Arrowsmith
Lubrizol Ltd, UK, Oliver Smith
Ricardo Uk, Ltd, Craig Goodfellow.
BASF
MERCK (Solvent Innovation) William Pitner
Cytec
Collaborators
Doug McFarlane (CSIRO)
Barbara Kirchner (Leipzig)
Peter Wasserscheid (DFG Program)
Maxium Fedorov (Leipzig)
Jacob Klein (Israel)
Malcom Fox at Leeds
Weingartner
Paul Truelove (American Airforce)
NIST
Austin Angel
James -> PV Cells
Antony ->Fuel Cells
Tom
Ion pairing
Ion diffusion
Conductivity
Viscosity
Relationship with ionic liquid molecular structure.
Make ionic liquids (inc new ones)
Surface modification.
Mass spec of ion aggregation
Susan/Bart
Structures of ILs at solid/IL interface
Effect of surface charge on the above
Viscosity and friction forces of confined IL (mechanical properties at molecular scale)
Effect of ionic structure on these properties
Direct measurement of Ion-ion interactions (AFM)
Local electronic effects between IL and electrode cf insulating surfaces.
Hydrophobicity, micelle formation aggregation
Effect of added water/oil on thin film properties, lubrication etc.
Solid-liquid Glass transition, phase transition when Il is confined between surfaces.
Functionalizing IL to tune in to loading for lubrication.
Tim
Electrochemical characterization (layer structure capacitance charge)
Adsorption of IL to surface
Imaging of the interface and electronic structure characterization.
Characterization (measurements) of molecular dynamics)
Surface spectroscopy? (SEIRA, SER(R)S)
Theory
Tricia: orientation vs energy
Potential energy surfaces (walk an ion over a surface)
Compute IR and Raman spectra
Apply electrostatic potential across ionic liquid
QM electronic structure ie energy of interaction of ion pairs, gas phase, solution, solid
Atomic level resolution of the electrostatics
Competitive interactions
Alexei: MD simulations of IL at, dynamics
Viscosity, diffusion, of ionic liquids