Abstract
We have designed a unique class of surface active ionic liquids (SAILs) and utilized them to prepare IL-in-oil microemulsions as well as large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs). The IL-in-oil microemulsions were characterized by a phase behavior study, regular swelling behavior, and also by spectral shift of coumarin-480 probe molecules. The LUVs were characterized by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscope measurements. Our work opens up the possibility of creating a huge number of IL-in-oil microemulsions as well as LUVs simply by replacing the cation of NaAOT with a long chain cation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3927-3934 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
Volume | 117 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 11 2013 |