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Evidence of a liquid-liquid transition in a glass-forming ionic liquid.
Harris, Matthew A; Kinsey, Thomas; Wagle, Durgesh V; Baker, Gary A; Sangoro, Joshua.
Afiliação
  • Harris MA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996.
  • Kinsey T; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996.
  • Wagle DV; Department of Chemistry and Physics, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965.
  • Baker GA; Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.
  • Sangoro J; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996; jsangoro@utk.edu.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 118(11)2021 Mar 16.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33688049
ABSTRACT
A liquid-liquid transition (LLT) is a transformation from one liquid to another through a first-order transition. The LLT is fundamental to the understanding of the liquid state and has been reported in a few materials such as silicon, phosphorus, triphenyl phosphite, and water. Furthermore, it has been suggested that the unique properties of materials such as water, which is critical for life on the planet, are linked to the existence of the LLT. However, the experimental evidence for the existence of an LLT in many molecular liquids remains controversial, due to the prevalence and high propensity of the materials to crystallize. Here, we show evidence of an LLT in a glass-forming trihexyltetradecylphosphonium borohydride ionic liquid that shows no tendency to crystallize under normal laboratory conditions. We observe a step-like increase in the static dielectric permittivity at the transition. Furthermore, the sizes of nonpolar local domains and ion-coordination numbers deduced from wide-angle X-ray scattering also change abruptly at the LLT. We independently corroborate these changes in local organization using Raman spectroscopy. The experimental access to the evolution of local order and structural dynamics across a liquid-liquid transition opens up unprecedented possibilities to understand the nature of the liquid state.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article