Long-term stable solid concentrated graphene dispersion assisted by a highly aromatic ionic liquid.

Hypothesis: The sonochemical exfoliation of graphite in solution has been demonstrated as a promising and easy technique for producing graphene dispersions. This is usually done in organic solvents and leads to unstable dispersions with very low graphene concentration. Ionic liquids (ILs) represent a versatile and safe alternative to traditional organic solvents.

When graphene meets ionic liquids: a good match for the design of functional materials.

Graphene is an attractive material that is characterized by its exceptional properties (i.e. electrical, mechanical, thermal, optical, etc.

Self-Limited Grafting of Sub-Monolayers via Diels-Alder Reaction on Glassy Carbon Electrodes: An Electrochemical Insight.

The grafting of molecular monolayers is critical for the functionalization of surfaces. In molecular electrochemistry, the surface modification of electrodes and the way molecules are attached to the electrode surface are highly critical to electron transfers and electrochemical reactions. In this paper, sub-monolayers were covalently grafted onto glassy carbon (GC) electrodes via Diels-Alder cycloaddition with two soluble dienophiles, that is, propargyl bromide and ethynyl ferrocene.

Synthesis and micellar properties of 1-decyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bromide surfactant in water and water-ethanolamine mixtures at 298.15 K.

1-Decyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bromide (ddmimBr) has been synthesized by the reaction of 1,2-dimethylimidazole and 1-bromodecane. Micellization of ddmimBr surfactant in water (W) and water-ethanolamine (W-EA) with the weight percent of EA changing within the range 0-39.79%, has been investigated at 298.

Evidence of a phase transition in water-1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and water-1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate mixtures at 298 K: determination of the surface thermal coefficient, bT,P.

We studied the aggregation behavior of two short-chain room-temperature ionic liquids. Previous surface tension studies have shown that 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmimBF(4)) aggregates in water. We observed the same behavior for another ionic liquid, 1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bdmimBF(4)).