“…This would imply that the probes do not switch between different regions while passing through the focal volume, a process that takes milliseconds. In contrast to this bimodal picture of local heterogeneity, neutron scattering ,, and simulations − have shown that ILs are glassy. In a glassy environment, the diffusion of probes is non-Gaussian, the mean square displacement (MSD) is best expressed as a power law, and the intermediate scattering function exhibits stretched exponential behavior. ,,,, Another indication of slowly relaxing heterogeneity in IL solvation structures is the red-edge effect reported in the emission spectra of probe dyes. , …”