How Domain Segregation in Ionic Liquids Stabilizes Nanoparticles and Establishes Long-Range Ordering─A Computational Study.

ABSTRACT: Due to their physical properties including high thermal stability, very low vapor pressure, and high microwave absorption, ionic liquids have attracted great attention as solvents for the synthesis of nanomaterials, being considered as greener alternatives to traditional solvents. While usual solvents often need additives like surfactants, polymers, or other ligands to avoid nanoparticle coalescence, some ionic liquids can stabilize nanoparticles in dispersion without any additive. In order to quantify how the ionic liquids can affect both the aggregation thermodynamics and kinetics, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to simulate the evolution of concentrated dispersions and to compute the potential of mean force between nanoparticles of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic natures

SUBMITTER: Bernardino K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308924 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature