Publications by authors named "Yakov S Vygodskii"

The development of photocurable compositions is in high demand for the manufacture of functional materials for electronics, optics, medicine, energy, etc. The properties of the final photo-cured material are primarily determined by the initial mixture, which needs to be tuned for each application. In this study we propose to use simple systems based on di(meth)acrylate, polyimide and photoinitiator for the preparation of new photo-curable compositions.

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The growing concern for climate change and global warming has given rise to investigations in various research fields, including one particular area dedicated to the creation of solid sorbents for efficient CO capture. In this work, a new family of poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs) comprising cationic polyureas (PURs) with tetrafluoroborate (BF) anions has been synthesized. Condensation of various diisocyanates with novel ionic diamines and subsequent ion metathesis reaction resulted in high molar mass ionic PURs (M = 12 ÷ 173 × 10 g/mol) with high thermal stability (up to 260 °C), glass transition temperatures in the range of 153-286 °C and remarkable CO capture (10.

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Herein, seven anions including four imide-based, namely bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide (TFSI), bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (FSI), bis[(pentafluoroethyl)sulfonyl]imide (BETI), 2,2,2-trifluoromethylsulfonyl-N-cyanoamide (TFSAM) and 2,2,2-trifluoro-N-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) acetamide (TSAC), and two sulfonate anions, trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate, TF) and nonafluorobutanesulfonate (NF), are considered and compared. The volumetric mass density and dynamic viscosity of five ionic liquids containing these anions combined with the commonly used 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation (CCim), [CCim][FSI], [CCim][BETI], [CCim][TFSAM], [CCim][TSAC] and [CCim][NF] are measured in the temperature range of 293.15 ≤ T/K ≤ 353.

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The CO and N permeation properties of ionic liquids (ILs) based on the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation ([Cmim]) and different fluorinated anions, namely 2,2,2-trifluoromethylsulfonyl-N-cyanoamide ([TFSAM]), bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide ([FSI]), nonafluorobutanesulfonate ([CFSO]), tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate ([FAP]), and bis(pentafluoroethylsulfonyl)imide ([BETI]) anions, were measured using supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs). The results show that pure ILs containing [TFSAM] and [FSI] anions present the highest CO permeabilities, 753 and 843 Barrer, as well as the greatest CO/N permselectivities of 43.9 and 46.

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Volume-based prediction of melting points and other properties of ionic liquids (ILs) relies on empirical relations with volumes of ions in these low-melting organic salts. Here we report an accurate way to ionic volumes by Bader's partitioning of electron densities from X-ray diffraction obtained via a simple database approach. For a series of 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium salts, the volumes of different anions are found to correlate linearly with melting points; larger anions giving lower-melting ILs.

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Polymer electrolytes have been proposed as replacement for conventional liquid electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to their intrinsic enhanced safety. Nevertheless, the power delivery of these materials is limited by the concentration gradient of the lithium salt. Single-ion conducting polyelectrolytes represent the ideal solution since their nature prevents polarization phenomena.

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Article Synopsis
  • An all-polymer-based organic electrochromic device (ECD) has been developed using polymeric ionic liquids as ion conducting separators and PEDOT as electrodes.
  • This ECD offers fast switching times of just 3 seconds and a high coloration efficiency of 390 cm²/C at a wavelength of 620 nm.
  • It also features an optical contrast of up to 22% and can operate effectively under vacuum conditions.
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