https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:21851 nanostructured, and comprise distinct polar and apolar domains produced by the solvophobic segregation of alkyl moieties. Over the last decade scattering techniques have been used to characterise the nanostructure of a diverse range of ILs. Recently, nanostructure changes in ILs produced by the dissolution of salts, polymers, small molecules and amphiphiles have begun to be elucidated. X-ray and neutron scattering have, and will continue to, play a fundamental role in understanding structure–property relationships in IL-based systems.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 13:29:30 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:22100 5 in two hydrophobic ionic liquids (1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium tris(pentafluoroethyl) trifluorophosphate ([Py_1,4]FAP) and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) amide ([Py_1,4]TFSA) is probed using three in situ techniques: scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM). These techniques reveal that under similar conditions TaF₅is more easily reduced in the liquids with [TFSA]⁻ than [FAP]⁻anions. Increasing the temperature reduced the viscosity and density of the ionic liquids which facilitates TaF₅ electroreduction, in particular, in [Py_1,4]TFSA. A herringbone reconstruction of the Au electrode was observed by STM for both ionic liquids with and without TaF₅. Ta deposition was proved by STM and EQCM in [Py_1,4]TFSA. Cracked layers, with ionic liquid trapped inside, were obtained by direct plating from the [TFSA]− ionic liquid. No Ta containing deposits could be obtained in the liquid with the [FAP]− anion.]]> Mon 23 Sep 2019 11:13:11 AEST ]]>