We report substantial improvements and modulation in the photocurrent (PC) and photoluminescence (PL) spectra of monolayer MoS2 taken under electrostatic and ionic liquid gating conditions. The photocurrent and photoluminescence spectra show good agreement with a dominant peak at 1.85eV. The magnitude of the photoluminescence can be increased 300% by ionic liquid gating due to the passivation o...

The challenge in preparation of ionic liquids containing a strong alkaline anion is to identify a suitable cation which can tolerate the harsh conditions induced by the anion. In this study, a commercial quaternary ammonium compound (quat) benzalkonium [ADBA] (alkyldimethylbenzylammonium) was used as a cation in the synthesis of different alkaline ionic liquids. In fact, the precursor, benzalko...

Ionic liquid surfaces can become electrically charged during X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy experiments, due to the flux of photoelectrons leaving the surface. This causes a shift in the measured binding energies of X-ray photoelectron peaks that depends on the magnitude of the surface charging. Consequently, a charge correction method is required for ionic liquids. Here we demonstrate the na...

Direct analysis of samples, regardless their origin, is desirable although for the majority of cases unfeasible on account of the complexity of the sample matrix, inadequate concentration of the target analytes, or even incompatibility with the detector. In these cases, a sample pretreatment step is required for interference removal and analytes separation/preconcentration. Despite valuable adv...

The first ligand-exchange rate measurements of lanthanide ions in an ionic liquid are reported here. The trend of water-exchange rates in the ionic liquid is the opposite of the trend in water.

a homogeneous ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate doped with licl ([bmim]bf4-licl) was found as catalyst solvents for the synthesis of dicoumarols by the condensation of 4-hydroxycoumarin and aldehyde at 80 ˚c. in this field, several types of aromatic aldehyde, containing electron-withdrawing groups as well as electron-donating groups, were rapidly changed to the correspo...

Detoxification of polluted water containing chromium and phosphorous and its resource recovery were investigated by hydrothermal mineralization using Ca(OH)2 or CaCl2 mineralizers. Under the optimum treatment condition for removing chromic acid (at 473 K, for 2 h using CaCl2 mineralizer in an in situ sampling-type autoclave), CrO4 was recovered as CaCrO4 and the concentration in the treated-wat...

New polyethylene glycol (PEG)/ionic liquid aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) are presented. Distinct pairs of PEG polymers and ionic liquids can induce phase separation in aqueous media when dissolved at appropriate concentrations. Phase diagrams have been determined for a large array of systems at 298, 308 and 323 K. A comparison of the binodal curves allowed the analysis of the tunable structura...

The interface formed between an aqueous salt solution and a hydrophobic liquid has been investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The salt solutions of NaCl, NaNO3, and Na2SO4 have been studied to determine their presence and distribution in the interfacial region and their effect on interfacial water molecules. Density and orientation profiles reveal the formation of ionic double laye...