Ionic liquid crystals based on 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium cations and perfluorinated sulfonylimide anions
作者:Ting Li、Fei Xu、Wei Shi
DOI:10.1016/j.cplett.2015.04.003
日期:2015.5
In contrast to the studies on ionic liquids based on perfluorinated sulfonylimide anions, their ionic liquid crystals were seldom reported. In the present study, four 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium perfluorinated sulfonylimide salts ([C(x)MIm][N(SO2RF)(2)], x = 18 and 22; R-F = F (FSI) and CF3(TFSI)) have been synthesized and characterized. [C(22)MIm][FSI], [C(18)MIm][FSI], and [C(22)MIm][TFSI] show smectic A(2) liquid crystalline mesophase. Single-crystal XRD revealed that [C(18)MIm][FSI] and [C(22)MIm][TFSI] show layered structures of low-polar and high-polar layers alternate with each other in the crystalline phase. It is suggested that perfluorinated sulfonylimide anions have relatively weak coulomb interactions with imidazolium headgroups, making them relatively difficult to form mesophase. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.