A new monoenergetic, high-brightness ion source can be constructed using an arrangement similar to liquid metal ion sources (LMIS) by substituting the liquid metal with an ionic liquid, or room temperature molten salt. Ion beams produced by these ionic liquid ion sources (ILIS) have energy deficits and distributions that closely resemble their metallic counterparts, with the exception that, if ...

Pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids with anions of the per(fluoroalkylsulfonyl)imide family are particularly interesting for their use as electrolytes in lithium batteries. These ions have several geometric isomers and the presence of different ion conformers and their distribution affects the ILs (Ionic liquids) physical and chemical properties. In the present work, we report the temperature dep...

>> The author’s hear elt gra tude goes to Sandra Guadalupe (TIC), Stefano Mischler (TIC), Marijana Mionic (LTP), Nicolas Xanthopoulos (CIME), Véronique Michaud (LTC), Ma hieu Soutrenon (LTC) and all members of the RUAG Space staff. Aknowledgements Results >> Ionic liquids (IL) are organic salts that remain liquid at room temperature and below. Besides having negligible vapour pressure, good ele...

The addition of lithium salts to ionic liquids causes an increase in viscosity and a decrease in ionic mobility that hinders their possible application as an alternative solvent in lithium ion batteries. Optically heterodyne-detected optical Kerr effect spectroscopy was used to study the change in dynamics, principally orientational relaxation, caused by the addition of lithium bis(trifluoromet...

a highly practical and efficient preparation of pyrano[3,2-c]pyridone and pyrano[3,2-c]quinoline derivatives was developed via an ionic liquid mediated and promoted multi-component reaction of malononitrile, aldehyde, and 4-hydroxyquinolin-2(1h)-one or 4-hydroxy-6-methylpyridin-2(1h)-one. the combinatorial syntheses were achieved for the first time without applying extra activation energy at am...

New data of activity coefficients at infinite dilution, γ13∞, for 65 different solutes including alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cycloalkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, thiophene, ethers, ketones, aldehydes, esters and water in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluorotris(perfluoroethyl)phosphate, were determined using inverse gas chromatography within the temperature range from...

The theoretical chemical and electrospray performance of [Bmim][dca], [Bmim][NO3], or [Emim][EtSO4] mixed with HAN in aqueous solution for dual mode chemical monopropellant/bipropellant and electrical electrospray rocket propulsion have been investigated. A ternary mixture comprised of 80 percent HAN, 20 percent of each ionic liquid fuel, and no water yielded the maximum specific impulse and ch...

Research on nonaqueous microemulsions containing ionic liquids as polar and/or apolar phase, respectively, is growing at a fast rate. One key property of ionic liquids that highlights their potential and their diversification compared to water is their wide liquid temperature range. In this emerging-area review article we survey recent developments in the field of nonaqueous micellar solutions ...

A range of ionic liquids containing dialkylimidazolium cations and halobismuthate anions ([BiBr(x)Cl(y)I(z)](-) and [Bi2Br(x)Cl(y)I(z)](-)) were synthesised by combining dialkylimidazolium halide ionic liquids with bismuth(III) halide salts. The majority were room temperature liquids, all with very high densities. The neat ionic liquids and their mixtures with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(tr...