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First observation of rich lamellar structures formed by a single-tailed amphiphilic ionic liquid in aqueous solutions
Lijuan Shi1, Ying Wei, Nan Sun
1Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China. lqzheng@sdu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
It was found for the first time that rich lamellar structures are formed by a single-tailed amphiphilic ionic liquid (IL), 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium β-naphthalene sulfonate ([C12mim][Nsa]), in aqueous solutions without any additives. With increasing IL concentration, spontaneous transition from micelles to unilamellar and multilamellar vesicles, planar bilayers, and then to lamellar liquid crystals occurs.

