Effects of Zwitterions on Structural Anomalies in Ionic Liquid Glasses Studied by EPR

Olga D Bakulina1,2, Mikhail Yu Ivanov1,2, Sergey A Prikhod'ko3

  • 1International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya Street 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.

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