“…In addition to temperature changes, effects of other external constraints, such as pressure, − shear flow, and electric field, , on microstructural and dynamical heterogeneities of bulk ILs have been investigated via numerous experimental and computational studies. Imidazolium ILs consisting of either small halides (Cl, , Br), [BF 4 ], , [PF 6 ], , or [NTF 2 ] anions , exhibit complicated phase behaviors due to conformational flexibilities of alkyl chains. The external constraints can significantly affect conformational equilibrium of imidazolium cations and anions, like [NTF 2 ], ,, which directly contribute to distinct IL structural transitions.…”