https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Boundary layer friction of solvate ionic liquids as a function of potential https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:34719 via stick-slip events. In contrast, friction at Au(111) for Li(G4) TFSI is significantly higher at positive potentials than at negative potentials, which is comparable to that at HOPG at the same potential. The similarity of boundary layer friction at negatively charged HOPG and Au(111) surfaces indicates that the boundary layer compositions are similar and rich in Li⁺ cations for both surfaces at negative potentials. However, at Au(111), the TFSI⁻ rich boundary layer is less lubricating than the Li⁺ rich boundary layer, which implies that anion reorientations rather than stick-slip events are the predominant energy dissipation pathways. This is confirmed by the boundary friction of Li(G4) NO₃ at Au(111), which shows similar friction to Li(G4) TFSI at negative potentials due to the same cation rich boundary layer composition, but even higher friction at positive potentials, due to higher energy dissipation in the NO₃⁻ rich boundary layer.]]> Tue 03 Sep 2019 18:26:08 AEST ]]> Combined STM, AFM, and DFT study of the highly ordered pyrolytic graphite/1-octyl-3-methyl-imidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide interface https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:20591 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:55:31 AEDT ]]>