In this work, we report on the BuMepyr-MeSO4 and Et3MeN-MeSO4 ionic liquids that were synthesized and used as additives in a glycerol model lubricant for steel/steel contacts. Tests were performed with three different ionic liquid concentrations, i.e. 0.625 wt%, 2.5 wt% and 8 wt%, as well as in glycerol without any ionic liquid (neat glycerol) and in neat ionic liquids (100%) at 100 °C. The wear and friction were measured and the worn surfaces were examined with scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The results show a reduction of the wear and friction with the use of ionic liquids as additives, when compared to the neat glycerol. With an increasing ionic-liquid concentration in the glycerol, the friction was observed to decrease and the wear to increase. In this work, however, the results obtained for neat ionic liquids represent the lowest values in terms of both friction and wear.

In this work, the ionic liquids 1-ethyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium ethylsulfate [EMpyr]and triethylmethylammonium methylsulfate [E 3 MN][MSO 4 ] were synthesized, and their experimental densities, speeds of sound, dynamic viscosities, and refractive indices were studied as a function of temperature at atmospheric pressure. Thermal expansion coefficient, molar volume, and molar refraction of these ionic liquids were calculated from the experimental density and refractive index values. A thermal analysis for pyrrolidinium and ammonium-based ionic liquids at temperatures between T ) (253.15 and 363.15) K is presented.

Polymerized ionic liquids (polyILs), composed mostly of organic ions covalently bonded to the polymer backbone and free counterions, are considered as ideal electrolytes for various electrochemical devices, including fuel cells, supercapacitors, and batteries. Despite large structural diversity of these systems, all of them reveal a universal but poorly understood feature: a charge transport faster than the segmental dynamics. To address this issue, we studied three novel polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells as well as four single-ion conductors, including highly conductive siloxane-based polyIL. Our ambient and high pressure studies revealed fundamental differences in the conducting properties of the examined systems. We demonstrate that the proposed methodology is a powerful tool to identify the charge transport mechanism in polyILs in general and thereby contribute to unraveling the microscopic nature of the decoupling phenomenon in these materials.

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This work presents the synthesis, volatility study and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry with energy-variable collision induced dissociation of the isolated [(cation) 2 (anion)] + of a novel series of 2-alkyl-1-ethyl pyridinium based ionic liquids, [ 2 C NÀ2