Surface enhancement of water at the ionic liquid-gas interface of [HMIM][Cl] under ambient water vapor

Yehia Khalifa1, Alicia Broderick1, John T Newberg1

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States of America.

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