https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35397 - and Br^- anions to PAN disrupts the structure within the PAN charged domain due to competition between nitrate and halide anions for the ammonium charge centre. This disruption increases with halide concentration (up to 10 mol. %). However, at these concentrations, halide addition has little effect on the structure of the PAN nonpolar domain. Addition of PEO to pure PAN also disrupts the structure within the charged domain of the liquid due to hydrogen bonding between the charge groups and the terminal PEO hydroxyl groups. There is little other association between the PEO structure and the surrounding ionic liquid solvent, with strong PEO self-interaction yielding a compact, coiled polymer morphology. Halide addition results in greater association between the ionic liquid charge centres and the ethylene oxide components of the PEO structure, resulting in reduced conformational flexibility, compared to that observed in pure PAN. Similarly, PEO self-interactions increase in the presence of Cl^- and Br^- anions, compared to PAN, indicating that the addition of halide salts to PAN decreases its utility as a molecular solvent for polymers such as PEO.]]> Wed 24 Jul 2019 12:34:21 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27045 g) and viscosity as a function of polymer concentration allow the overlap concentrations, c* and c**, to be identified at 13 mg mL(^-1) and 50 mg mL(^-1), respectively, which are similar to values reported previously for conventional ionic liquids. Unlike water and conventional ionic liquids, [Li(G4)]TFSI cannot form hydrogen bonds with PEO. Thermal gravimetric analysis indicates that the solvation of PEO by [Li(G4)]TFSI is a consequence of PEO forming coordinate bonds with the lithium by displacing the anion, but without displacing the glyme molecule.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 10:55:18 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26086 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:39:54 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27922 [Li(G4)]ClO₄ > [Li(G3)]TFSI due to decreased availability of Li⁺ for PEO coordination. For the same glyme length, the solvent qualities of SILs with TFSI⁻ and BETI⁻ anions ([Li(G4)]TFSI and [Li(G4)]BETI) are very similar because they weakly coordinate with Li⁺, which facilitates Li⁺–PEO interactions. [Li(G4)]ClO₄ presents a poorer solvent environment for PEO than [Li(G4)]BETI because ClO₄⁻ binds more strongly to Li⁺ and thereby hinders interactions with PEO. [Li(G3)]TFSI is the poorest PEO solvent of these SILs because G3 binds more strongly to Li⁺ than G4. Rheological and radius of gyration (R_g) data as a function of PEO concentration show that the PEO overlap concentrations, c* and c**, are similar in the three SILs.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:36:08 AEDT ]]>