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Sahoo CP, Panda DK, Bhargava BL. Computational insight into the effect of alkyl chain length in tetraalkylammonium-based deep eutectic solvents. J Mol Graph Model 2024; 128:108717. [PMID: 38281418 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2024.108717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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The effect of the increase in the alkyl chain length of cation on the properties of deep eutectic solvents based on ethylene glycol has been investigated employing classical molecular dynamics simulations. The change in the structural and dynamic properties in both the bulk and liquid-vapor interface is explored through various analyses. The interaction between the anion and the ethylene glycol increases with an increase in the alkyl chain length of the cation, as observed in the increase of the lifetime of the hydrogen bond formed between the two. The terminal carbon atoms are found to be closer to each other when the cation changes from tetraethylammonium to tetrabutylammonium. The cations are located closer to the interface, and the association of the alkyl chains becomes more significant with increased alkyl chain length, decreasing the surface tension values.
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- Chandan Prasad Sahoo
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, P.O.: Jatni, Khurda, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, P.O.: Jatni, Khurda, Odisha 752050, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, P.O.: Jatni, Khurda, Odisha 752050, India.
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Coskun OK, Muñoz M, Dongare S, Dean W, Gurkan BE. Understanding the Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:3283-3300. [PMID: 38341773 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Developing unconventional electrolytes such as ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) has led to remarkable advances in electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices. However, the understanding of the electrode-electrolyte interfaces of these electrolytes, specifically the liquid structure and the charge/electron transfer mechanism and rates, is lacking due to the complexity of molecular interactions, the difficulty in studying the buried interfaces with nanometer-scale resolution, and the distribution of the time scales for the various interfacial events. This Feature Article outlines the standing questions in the field, summarizes some of the exciting approaches and results, and discusses our contributions to probing the electrified interfaces by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), and neutron reflectivity (NR). The related findings are analyzed within electrical double-layer models to provide a framework for studying ILs, DESs, and, more broadly, the concentrated hydrogen-bonded electrolytes.
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- Oguz Kagan Coskun
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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Malik A, Kashyap HK. Solvation Shell Anatomy of H 2S and CO Dissolved in Reline and Ethaline Deep Eutectic Solvents. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:10392-10403. [PMID: 37983272 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Rising atmospheric concentrations of anthropogenic hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon monoxide (CO) as a result of industrialization have encouraged researchers to explore innovative technologies for capturing these gases. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are an alternative media for mitigating H2S and CO emissions. Herein, we have employed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the structures of the nearest-neighbor solvation shells surrounding H2S and CO when they are dissolved in reline and ethaline DESs. We aim to delineate the structural arrangement responsible for favorable H2S and CO capture by analyzing the key interactions between H2S and CO solutes with various components of the DESs. We observe that in the reline-H2S system, chloride and carbonyl oxygen of urea are found to have the closest distance interaction with hydrogen atoms of the H2S solute. The sulfur atom of H2S is found to be predominantly solvated by hydrogen and oxygen atoms of urea molecules and the hydroxyl hydrogen of choline cations. The chloride ions and ethylene glycol molecules predominantly govern the solvation of H2S in the ethaline-H2S system. In both the DESs, H2S is solvated by the hydroxyl group of the choline cations rather than by their ammonium group. In the reline-CO system, all the atoms of urea along with chloride dominate the immediate solvation shell around CO. In the ethaline-CO system, hydroxyl oxygen and hydrogen atoms of ethylene glycol are found in the nearest solvation structure around CO. Both the DESs exhibit a stronger solvent-solute charge-transfer tendency toward the H2S solute compared to CO.
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- Akshay Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Hinz Y, Beerwerth J, Böhmer R. Anion dynamics and motional decoupling in a glycerol-choline chloride deep eutectic solvent studied by one- and two-dimensional 35Cl NMR. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:28130-28140. [PMID: 37818622 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03668e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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Chlorine-35 is among the few nuclides that provide an experimental handle on the anion dynamics in choline based deep eutectic solvents. By combining several nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, the present work examines the Cl- motions within glyceline, a glycerol : choline chloride 2 : 1 solution, in a large temperature range down to the glass transition temperature Tg. The applied methods include spin relaxometry, second-order line shape analysis, as well as two-dimensional central-transition exchange and stimulated-echo spectroscopy. The finding of unstructured central-transition NMR spectra characterized by a relatively small average quadrupolar coupling attests to a highly disordered, essentially nondirectional anionic coordination in glyceline. For temperatures larger than about 1.3Tg the chlorine motions are well coupled to those of the glycerol and the choline moieties. At lower temperatures the local translational anion dynamics become Arrhenian and increasingly faster than the motion of glyceline's matrix molecules. Upon further cooling, the overall ionic conductivity continues to display a super-Arrhenius behavior, implying that the choline cations rather than the Cl anions dominate the long-range charge transport also near Tg.
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- Yannik Hinz
- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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Vahidi SH, Monhemi H, Hojjatipour M, Hojjatipour M, Eftekhari M, Vafaeei M. Supercritical CO 2/Deep Eutectic Solvent Biphasic System as a New Green and Sustainable Solvent System for Different Applications: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:8057-8065. [PMID: 37682109 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are one of the most interesting research subjects in green chemistry nowadays. Due to their low toxicity, simple synthesis, and lower prices, they have gradually taken the place of other green solvents such as ionic liquids (ILs) in sustainable processes. However, problems such as high viscosity and high polarity limit the applications of DESs in areas such as extraction, catalysis, and biocatalysis. In this work, we introduce and evaluate the potential application of scCO2/DES for the first time. Molecular dynamics simulations were used to examine the phase behavior, polarity, molecular mobilities, and microstructure of this system. Results show that CO2 molecules can significantly diffuse to the DES phase, while DES components do not appear in the scCO2 phase. The diffused CO2 molecules significantly enhanced the molecular mobility of the DES components. The presence of CO2 molecules changes the DES polarity so that hexane can be solubilized and dispersed in the DES phase. Radial distribution functions show that the solubilized CO2 molecules have negligible effects on the microstructure of DES. It was shown that chloride and urea are the main interaction sites of CO2 in DES. The results of this study show that scCO2/DES as a new class of green and versatile solvents can open a new promising window for research in sustainable chemistry and engineering.
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- S Hooman Vahidi
- Department of Chemistry, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad 9187147578, Iran
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- Departement of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur 9319774446, Iran
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- Departement of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur 9319774446, Iran
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- Departement of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur 9319774446, Iran
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- Departement of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur 9319774446, Iran
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- Departement of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur 9319774446, Iran
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Malik A, Kashyap HK. Solvation Shell Structures of Ammonia in Reline and Ethaline Deep Eutectic Solvents. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:2499-2510. [PMID: 36912865 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Because of increasing atmospheric anthropogenic ammonia (NH3) emission, researchers are devising new techniques to capture NH3. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are found as potential media for NH3 mitigation. In the present study, we have carried out ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations to decipher the solvation shell structures of an ammonia solute in reline (1:2 mixture of choline chloride and urea) and ethaline (1:2 mixture of choline chloride and ethylene glycol) DESs. We aim to resolve the fundamental interactions which help stabilize NH3 in these DESs, focusing on the structural arrangement of the DES species in the nearest solvation shell around NH3 solute. In reline, the hydrogen atoms of NH3 are preferentially solvated by chloride anions and the carbonyl oxygen atoms of urea. The nitrogen atom of NH3 renders hydrogen bonding with hydroxyl hydrogen of the choline cation. The positively charged head groups of the choline cations prefer to stay away from NH3 solute. In ethaline, strong hydrogen bonding interaction exists between the nitrogen atom of NH3 and hydroxyl hydrogen atoms of ethylene glycol. The hydrogen atoms of NH3 are found to be solvated by hydroxyl oxygen atoms of ethylene glycol and choline cation. While ethylene glycol molecules play a crucial role in solvating NH3, the chloride anions remain passive in deciding the first solvation shell. In both the DESs, choline cations approach NH3 from their hydroxyl group side. We observe slightly stronger solute-solvent charge transfer and hydrogen bonding interaction in ethaline than those in reline.
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- Akshay Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Chatterjee S, Chowdhury T, Bagchi S. Does variation in composition affect dynamics when approaching the eutectic composition? J Chem Phys 2023; 158:114203. [PMID: 36948840 DOI: 10.1063/5.0139153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Deep eutectic solvent is a mixture of two or more components, mixed in a certain molar ratio, such that the mixture melts at a temperature lower than individual substances. In this work, we have used a combination of ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the microscopic structure and dynamics of a deep eutectic solvent (1:2 choline chloride: ethylene glycol) at and around the eutectic composition. In particular, we have compared the spectral diffusion and orientational relaxation dynamics of these systems with varying compositions. Our results show that although the time-averaged solvent structures around a dissolved solute are comparable across compositions, both the solvent fluctuations and solute reorientation dynamics show distinct differences. We show that these subtle changes in solute and solvent dynamics with changing compositions arise from the variations in the fluctuations of the different intercomponent hydrogen bonds.
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- Srijan Chatterjee
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
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- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
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- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
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Freeman JS, Mamme MH, Ustarroz J, Warr GG, Li H, Atkin R. Molecular Resolution Nanostructure and Dynamics of the Deep Eutectic Solvent-Graphite Interface as a Function of Potential. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2204993. [PMID: 36627266 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202204993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Interest in deep eutectic solvents (DESs), particularly for electrochemical applications, has boomed in the past decade because they are more versatile than conventional electrolyte solutions and are low cost, renewable, and non-toxic. The molecular scale lateral nanostructures as a function of potential at the solid-liquid interface-critical design parameters for the use of DESs as electrochemical solvents-are yet to be revealed. In this work, in situ amplitude modulated atomic force microscopy complemented by molecular dynamics simulations is used to probe the Stern and near-surface layers of the archetypal and by far most studied DES, 1:2 choline chloride:urea (reline), at the highly orientated pyrolytic graphite surface as a function of potential, to reveal highly ordered lateral nanostructures with unprecedented molecular resolution. This detail allows identification of choline, chloride, and urea in the Stern layer on graphite, and in some cases their orientations. Images obtained after the potential is switched from negative to positive show the dynamics of the Stern layer response, revealing that several minutes are required to reach equilibrium. These results provide valuable insight into the nanostructure and dynamics of DESs at the solid-liquid interface, with implications for the rational design of DESs for interfacial applications.
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- Justin S Freeman
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Research Group Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Research Group Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
- Chemistry of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanomaterials (ChemSIN), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- School of Chemistry and University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Dong H, Zhang Z, Qiu Z, Tang D, Shu J. Insight into the Molecular Structure, Interaction, and Dynamics of Aqueous Reline Deep Eutectic Solvent: A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:1013-1021. [PMID: 36656281 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Reline, which is composed of choline chloride (ChCl) and urea, is the first and most widely used deep eutectic solvent (DES) described by Abbot and co-workers. Due to the hygroscopic feature, traces of water are unavoidable, which significantly affect the physicochemical properties of reline. At present, the local structure of molecules and the impact from the presence of water are still the most significant questions in this field. Herein, reline and six aqueous dilutions with a controlled amount of water (from 3.2 to 50.0 wt %) were studied mainly by using a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. According to 1D 35Cl NMR, 1D 15N NMR, and 2D 1H-15Cl heteronuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy, we probed the interactions of urea···Cl- and Ch+···Cl- in pure reline, which gradually dissociated in the presence of water. Moreover, it was revealed that the dissociation rate altered when the water content reached 9.0 wt %, which is ascribed to the higher preference of hydration for Cl- ion compared to other species in the system. Furthermore, selected cross peaks in 1H-1H correlation spectroscopy spectra were analyzed. Accordingly, an enhanced correlation was observed for urea···Ch+ at a lower water fraction within 9.0 wt %. When the water content increased to 24.9 wt %, the water solvation of Ch+ and urea was also observed in COSY spectra. The interaction of H2O···Ch+ got continuously stronger when the water content increased from 24.9 to 50.0 wt %, while H2O···urea got enhanced when the water content reached 33.3 wt % and then diminished gradually from 33.3 to 50.0 wt %. 1H-1H nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy and 1H-1H rotating frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy experiments were also conducted for dynamics investigation. The τc value for the species in 9.0 wt % aqueous reline is very close to τccrit of 0.44 ns. For pure reline and the aqueous reline with a water fraction of less than 9.0 wt %, the τc value of the species is longer than 0.44 ns, while for the sample with water of 24.9 wt %, the τc value is much shorter than 0.44 ns. Based on our NMR study, we revealed that with the water amount increasing from 0 to 50.0 wt %, the species involved in the system behaved as the large molecules or molecules in viscous liquids transiting to the medium-sized molecules in nonviscous liquids and finally to small molecules in nonviscous liquids.
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- Hongchun Dong
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou215123, China.,Analysis and Testing Center, Soochow University, Suzhou215123, China
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Aguilar N, Barros R, Antonio Tamayo-Ramos J, Martel S, Bol A, Atilhan M, Aparicio S. Carbon nanomaterials with Thymol + Menthol Type V natural deep eutectic solvent: From surface properties to nano-Venturi effect through nanopores. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Stephens NM, Smith EA. Structure of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs): What We Know, What We Want to Know, and Why We Need to Know It. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:14017-14024. [PMID: 36346803 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are a tunable class of solvents with many advantageous properties including good thermal stability, facile synthesis, low vapor pressure, and low-to-negligible toxicity. DESs are composed of hydrogen bond donors and acceptors that, when combined, significantly decrease the freezing point of the resulting solvent. DESs have distinct interfacial and bulk structural heterogeneity compared to traditional solvents, in part due to various intramolecular and intermolecular interactions. Many of the physiochemical properties observed for DESs are influenced by structure. However, our understanding of the interfacial and bulk structure of DESs is incomplete. To fully exploit these solvents in a range of applications including catalysis, separations, and electrochemistry, a better understanding of DES structure must be obtained. In this Perspective, we provide an overview of the current knowledge of the interfacial and bulk structure of DESs and suggest future research directions to improve our understanding of this important information.
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- Nicole M Stephens
- Ames National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, United States
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- Ames National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, United States
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Engelbrecht LDV, Ji X, Carbonaro CM, Laaksonen A, Mocci F. MD simulations explain the excess molar enthalpies in pseudo-binary mixtures of a choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvent with water or methanol. Front Chem 2022; 10:983281. [DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.983281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The addition of molecular liquid cosolvents to choline chloride (ChCl)-based deep eutectic solvents (DESs) is increasingly investigated for reducing the inherently high bulk viscosities of the latter, which represent a major obstacle for potential industrial applications. The molar enthalpy of mixing, often referred to as excess molar enthalpy HE—a property reflecting changes in intermolecular interactions upon mixing—of the well-known ChCl/ethylene glycol (1:2 molar ratio) DES mixed with either water or methanol was recently found to be of opposite sign at 308.15 K: Mixing of the DES with water is strongly exothermic, while methanol mixtures are endothermic over the entire mixture composition range. Knowledge of molecular-level liquid structural changes in the DES following cosolvent addition is expected to be important when selecting such “pseudo-binary” mixtures for specific applications, e.g., solvents. With the aim of understanding the reason for the different behavior of selected DES/water or methanol mixtures, we performed classical MD computer simulations to study the changes in intermolecular interactions thought to be responsible for the observed HE sign difference. Excess molar enthalpies computed from our simulations reproduce, for the first time, the experimental sign difference and composition dependence of the property. We performed a structural analysis of simulation configurations, revealing an intriguing difference in the interaction modes of the two cosolvents with the DES chloride anion: water molecules insert between neighboring chloride anions, forming ionic hydrogen-bonded bridges that draw the anions closer, whereas dilution of the DES with methanol results in increased interionic separation. Moreover, the simulated DES/water mixtures were found to contain extended hydrogen-bonded structures containing water-bridged chloride pair arrangements, the presence of which may have important implications for solvent applications.
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Malik A, Kashyap HK. Solvent Organization around Methane Dissolved in Archetypal Reline and Ethaline Deep Eutectic Solvents as Revealed by AIMD Investigation. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:6472-6482. [PMID: 35977089 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c02406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Because of the rising concentration of harmful greenhouse gases like methane in the atmosphere, researchers are striving for developing novel techniques for capturing these gases. Recently, neoteric liquids such as deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have emerged as an efficient means of sequestration of methane. Herein, we have performed ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations to elucidate the solvation structure around a methane molecule dissolved in reline and ethaline DESs. We aim to elicit the structural organization of different constituents of the DESs in the vicinity of methane, particularly highlighting the key interactions that stabilize such gases in DESs. We observe quite different solvation structures of methane in the two DESs. In ethaline, chloride ions play an active role in solvating methane. Instead, in reline, chloride ions do not interact much with the methane molecule in the first solvation shell. In reline, choline cations approach the methane molecule from their hydroxyl group side, whereas urea molecules approach methane from their carbonyl oxygen as well as amide group sides. In ethaline, ethylene glycol and Cl- dominate the nearest neighbor solvation structure around the methane molecule. In both the DESs, we do not observe any significant methane-DES charge transfer interactions, apart from what is present between choline cation and Cl- anion.
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- Akshay Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi110016, India
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Malik A, Dhattarwal HS, Kashyap HK. An Overview of Structure and Dynamics Associated with Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents and Their Applications in Extraction Processes. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202200239. [PMID: 35702808 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Recent development of novel water-immiscible green solvents known as hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (HDESs) has opened the gates for applications requiring media where presence of water is undesirable. Ever since they were prepared, researchers have used HDESs in diverse fields such as extraction processes, CO 2 sequestration, membrane formation, and catalysis. The microstructure and dynamics associated with the species comprising HDESs guide their suitability for specific applications. For example, varying the alkyl tail length of HDES components significantly affects the dynamics of the components and thus helps in tuning the efficiency of extraction processes. The development of HDESs is still in infancy and very few theoretical studies are available in the literature that help in understanding the structure and dynamics of HDESs. This review highlights the recent work focused on the microscopic structure and dynamics of HDESs and their potential applications, particularly in extraction processes. We have also provided a glimpse of how the integration of experiments and computational techniques can help understand the mechanism of extraction processes.
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- Akshay Malik
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Chemistry, Hauz Khas, 110016, New Delhi, INDIA
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- IIT Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Chemistry, Hauz Khas, 110016, New Delhi, INDIA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, 110016, New Delhi, INDIA
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Kumari M, Kumari P, Kashyap HK. Structural adaptations in the bovine serum albumin protein in archetypal deep eutectic solvent reline and its aqueous mixtures. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:5627-5637. [PMID: 35175257 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05829k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The global concern over the environmental impact and challenges associated with the use of conventional solvents in biotransformation processes have pushed the search for alternative solvents. Recently, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have appeared as a promising replacement with better biocompatibility and have been postulated to hold great potential in protein engineering and crystallization processes. In this context, herein, we have investigated the effect of reline (a choline chloride : urea mixture in 1 : 2 proportion) DES in its pure and hydrated forms on the structural stability and conformation of the bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. We observe a substantial overall expansion of the BSA structure with a simultaneous increment in the solvent accessible surface area, signifying the influence of reline on the BSA tertiary structure. These induced structural perturbations are quite pronounced in reline-water mixtures. Concomitantly, a notable reline concentration-dependent disruption of the BSA secondary structure through the melting of α-helices, mainly driven by H-bonding interactions, is observed. In the presence of pure reline, significant rigidity in the protein backbone is also observed. Thus, despite the expansion, the BSA tertiary structure in pure reline is found to be most close to the native protein structure and remains in a partially folded state at all the studied reline concentrations. In pure reline, BSA-urea hydrogen bonding is more prevalent than BSA-[Ch]+. We also observe that in aqueous reline systems, the BSA-water hydrogen bonds are mostly compensated by BSA-urea hydrogen bonds. The aqueous re-equilibration of these partially denatured protein conformations showed a significant recovery of secondary and tertiary structures, where the recovery is most profound for the BSA conformation extracted from pure reline.
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- Monika Kumari
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Malfait B, Jani A, Morineau D. Confining deep eutectic solvents in nanopores: Insight into thermodynamics and chemical activity. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS OF DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS: A PERSPECTIVE ON STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. REVIEWS IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/9781119625933.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hydrogen Bond Donors Influence on the Electrochemical Performance of Composite Graphene Electrodes/Deep Eutectic Solvents Interface. ELECTROCHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/electrochem3010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The development of energy storage devices with better performance relies on the use of innovative materials and electrolytes, aiming to reduce the carbon footprint through the screening of low toxicity electrolytes and solvent-free electrode design protocols. The application of nanostructured carbon materials with high specific surface area, to prepare composite electrodes, is being considered as a promising starting point towards improving the power and energy efficiency of energy storage devices. Non-aqueous electrolytes synthesized using greener approaches with lower environmental impact make deep eutectic solvents (DES) promising alternatives for electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications. Accordingly, this work proposes a systematic study on the effect of the composition of DES containing a diol and an amide as HBD (hydrogen bond donor: 1,2-propylene glycol and urea), on the electrochemical performance of graphene and graphite composite electrodes/DES electrolyte interface. Glassy carbon (GC) was selected as the bare electrode material substrate to prepare the composite formulations since it provides an electrochemically reproducible surface. Gravimetric capacitance was measured for commercial graphene and commercial graphite/GC composite electrodes in contact with choline chloride, complexed with 1,2-propylene glycol, and urea as the HBD in 1:2 molar ratio. The electrochemical stability was followed by assessing the charge/discharge curves at 1, 2, and 4 A g−1. For comparison purposes, a parallel study was performed using commercial graphite. A four-fold increase in gravimetric capacitance was obtained when replacing commercial graphite (1.70 F g−1) by commercial graphene (6.19 F g−1) in contact with 1,2-propylene glycol-based DES. When using urea based DES no significant change in gravimetric capacitance was observed when commercial graphite is replaced by commercial graphene.
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Velez C, Acevedo O. Simulation of deep eutectic solvents: Progress to promises. WIRES COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Caroline Velez
- Department of Chemistry University of Miami Coral Gables Florida USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Miami Coral Gables Florida USA
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Tolmachev D, Lukasheva N, Ramazanov R, Nazarychev V, Borzdun N, Volgin I, Andreeva M, Glova A, Melnikova S, Dobrovskiy A, Silber SA, Larin S, de Souza RM, Ribeiro MCC, Lyulin S, Karttunen M. Computer Simulations of Deep Eutectic Solvents: Challenges, Solutions, and Perspectives. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:645. [PMID: 35054840 PMCID: PMC8775846 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23020645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are one of the most rapidly evolving types of solvents, appearing in a broad range of applications, such as nanotechnology, electrochemistry, biomass transformation, pharmaceuticals, membrane technology, biocomposite development, modern 3D-printing, and many others. The range of their applicability continues to expand, which demands the development of new DESs with improved properties. To do so requires an understanding of the fundamental relationship between the structure and properties of DESs. Computer simulation and machine learning techniques provide a fruitful approach as they can predict and reveal physical mechanisms and readily be linked to experiments. This review is devoted to the computational research of DESs and describes technical features of DES simulations and the corresponding perspectives on various DES applications. The aim is to demonstrate the current frontiers of computational research of DESs and discuss future perspectives.
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- Dmitry Tolmachev
- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada;
- The Centre of Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-070, Brazil; (R.M.d.S.); (M.C.C.R.)
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-070, Brazil; (R.M.d.S.); (M.C.C.R.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia; (N.L.); (R.R.); (V.N.); (N.B.); (I.V.); (M.A.); (A.G.); (S.M.); (A.D.); (S.L.); (S.L.)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada;
- The Centre of Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
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Moradi K, Rahimi S, Ebrahimi S, Salimi A. Understanding of Bulk and Interfacial Structures Ternary and Binary Deep Eutectic Solvents with a Constant Potential Method: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:10962-10973. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01014c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the last decade, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) emerge as promising electrolytes in supercapacitors and rechargeable batteries due to their unique properties, wide electrochemical window, low viscosity, and high ionic...
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Sarkar S, Maity A, Chakrabarti R. In Silico Elucidation of Molecular Picture of Water-Choline Chloride Mixture. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:13212-13228. [PMID: 34812630 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Choline chloride (ChCl) is a component of several deep eutectic solvents (DESs) having numerous applications. Recent studies have reported manifold promising use of aqueous choline chloride solution as an alternative to DES, where water plays the role of the hydrogen-bond donor. The characteristic physical properties of the DESs and aqueous DES originate from the "inter-" and intraspecies hydrogen-bond network formed by the constituents. However, a detailed molecular-level picture of choline chloride and water mixture is largely lacking in the literature. This motivates us to carry out extensive all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of the ChCl-water mixture of varying compositions. Our analyses clearly show an overall increase in the interspecies association with an increase in ChCl concentration. At higher concentrations, the trimethylammonium groups of choline are stabilized by a nonpolar interaction, whereas the hydroxyl groups preferentially interact with water. Chloride ions are found to be involved in two types of interactions: one where chloride ions intercalate two or more choline cations, and the other one where they are surrounded by five to six water molecules forming solvated chloride ions. However, the relative fractions of these two types of associations depend on the concentration of ChCl in the mixture. Another important structural aspect is the disruption of the hydrogen-bonded water network due to the presence of both choline cations and chloride ions. However, chloride ions participate to partially restore the tetrahedral arrangement of partners around water molecules.
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- Soham Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India
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Bulk and interfacial nanostructure and properties in deep eutectic solvents: Current perspectives and future directions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 608:2430-2454. [PMID: 34785053 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.10.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are a tailorable class of solvents that are rapidly gaining scientific and industrial interest. This is because they are distinct from conventional molecular solvents, inherently tuneable via careful selection of constituents, and possess many attractive properties for applications, including catalysis, chemical extraction, reaction media, novel lubricants, materials chemistry, and electrochemistry. DESs are a class of solvents composed solely of hydrogen bond donors and acceptors with a melting point lower than the individual components and are often fluidic at room temperature. A unique feature of DESs is that they possess distinct bulk liquid and interfacial nanostructure, which results from intra- and inter-molecular interactions, including coulomb forces, hydrogen bonding, van der Waals interactions, electrostatics, dispersion forces, and apolar-polar segregation. This nanostructure manifests as preferential spatial arrangements of the different species, and exists over several length scales, from molecular- to nano- and meso-scales. The physicochemical properties of DESs are dictated by structure-property relationships; however, there is a significant gap in our understanding of the underlying factors which govern their solvent properties. This is a major limitation of DES-based technologies, as nanostructure can significantly influence physical properties and thus potential applications. This perspective provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of DES nanostructure, both in the bulk liquid and at solid interfaces. We provide definitions which clearly distinguish DESs as a unique solvent class, rather than a subset of ILs. An appraisal of recent work provides hints towards trends in structure-property relationships, while also highlighting inconsistencies within the literature suggesting new research directions for the field. It is hoped that this review will provide insight into DES nanostructure, their potential applications, and development of a robust framework for systematic investigation moving forward.
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Wu J, Zhou R, Radjenovic PM, Liu S, Wu D, Li J, Mao B, Yan J. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy studies on electrochemical interface between Au(111) electrode and ethaline deep eutectic solvent. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Hammons JA, Besford QA, Ilavsky J, Christofferson AJ. Manipulating meso-scale solvent structure from Pd nanoparticle deposits in deep eutectic solvents. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:074505. [PMID: 34418930 DOI: 10.1063/5.0058605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) are complex solutions that present unique challenges compared to traditional solvents. Unlike most aqueous electrolytes and ionic liquids, DESs have delicate hydrogen bond networks that are responsible for their highly sensitive compositional dependence on the melting point. Prior work has demonstrated a unique nanoscale structure both experimentally and theoretically that brings both challenges and opportunities to their adoption in traditional electrochemical processes. In this study, we use in situ sample-rotated ultra-small angle x-ray scattering to resolve the near-interface solvent structure after electrodepositing Pd nanoparticles onto a glassy carbon electrode in choline chloride:urea and choline chloride:ethylene glycol DESs. Our results indicate that a hierarchical solvent structure can be observed on the meso-scale in the choline chloride:urea and choline chloride:ethylene glycol systems. Importantly, this extended solvent structure increases between -0.3 V and -0.5 V (vs Ag/AgCl) and remains high until -0.9 V (vs Ag/AgCl). Experimentally, the nature of this structure is more pronounced in the ethylene glycol system, as evidenced by both the x-ray scattering and the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Molecular dynamics simulations and dipolar orientation analysis reveal that chloride delocalization near the Pd interface and long-range interactions between the choline and each hydrogen bond donor (HBD) are very different and qualitatively consistent with the experimental data. These results show how the long-range solvent-deposit interactions can be tuned by changing the HBD in the DES and the applied potential.
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- Joshua A Hammons
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung e. V., Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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Malik A, Kashyap HK. Multiple evidences of dynamic heterogeneity in hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:044502. [PMID: 34340384 DOI: 10.1063/5.0054699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (HDESs) have gained immense popularity because of their promising applications in extraction processes. Herein, we employ atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to unveil the dynamics of DL-menthol (DLM) based HDESs with hexanoic (C6), octanoic (C8), and decanoic (C10) acids as hydrogen bond donors. The particular focus is on understanding the nature of dynamics with changing acid tail length. For all three HDESs, two modes of hydrogen bond relaxations are observed. We observe longer hydrogen bond lifetimes of the inter-molecular hydrogen bonding interactions between the carbonyl oxygen of the acid and hydroxyl oxygen of menthol with hydroxyl hydrogen of both acids and menthol. We infer strong hydrogen bonding between them compared to that between hydroxyl oxygen of acids and hydroxyl hydrogens of menthol and acids, marked by a faster decay rate and shorter hydrogen bond lifetime. The translational dynamics of the species in the HDES becomes slower with increasing tail length of the organic acid. Slightly enhanced caging is also observed for the HDES with a longer tail length of the acids. The evidence of dynamic heterogeneity in the displacements of the component molecules is observed in all the HDESs. From the values of the α-relaxation time scale, we observe that the molecular displacements become random in a shorter time scale for DLM-C6. The analysis of the self-van Hove function reveals that the overall distance covered by DLM and acid molecules in the respective HDES is more than what is expected from ideal diffusion. As marked by the shorter time scale associated with hole filling, the diffusion of the oxygen atom of menthol and the carbonyl oxygen of acid from one site to the other is fastest for hexanoic acid containing HDES.
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- Akshay Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Various eutectic systems have been proposed and studied over the past few decades. Most of the studies have focused on three typical types of eutectics: eutectic metals, eutectic salts, and deep eutectic solvents. On the one hand, they are all eutectic systems, and their eutectic principle is the same. On the other hand, they are representative of metals, inorganic salts, and organic substances, respectively. They have applications in almost all fields related to chemistry. Their different but overlapping applications stem from their very different properties. In addition, the proposal of new eutectic systems has greatly boosted the development of cross-field research involving chemistry, materials, engineering, and energy. The goal of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of these typical eutectics and describe task-specific strategies to address growing demands.
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- Dongkun Yu
- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China.
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Intermolecular interactions in tetrabutylammonium chloride based deep eutectic solvents: Classical molecular dynamics studies. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gupta A, Dhattarwal HS, Kashyap HK. Structure of cholinium glycinate biocompatible ionic liquid at graphite electrode interface. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:184702. [PMID: 34241030 DOI: 10.1063/5.0049171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We use constant potential molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the interfacial structure of the cholinium glycinate biocompatible ionic liquid (bio-IL) sandwiched between graphite electrodes with varying potential differences. Through number density profiles, we observe that the cation and anion densities oscillate up to ∼1.5 nm from the nearest electrode. The range of these oscillations does not change significantly with increasing electrode potential. However, the amplitudes of the cation (anion) density oscillations show a notable increase with increasing potential at the negative (positive) electrode. At higher potential differences, the bulkier N(CH3)3CH2 group of cholinium cations ([Ch]+) overcomes the steric barrier and comes closer to the negative electrode as compared to oxygen atom (O[Ch]+ ). We observe an increase in the interaction between O[Ch]+ and the positive electrode with a decrease in the distance between them on increasing the potential difference. We also observe hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl group of [Ch]+ cations and oxygens of glycinate anions through the simulated tangential radial distribution function. Orientational order parameter analysis shows that the cation (anion) prefers to align parallel to the negative (positive) electrode at higher applied potential differences. Charge density profiles show a positive charge density peak near the positive electrode at all the potential differences because of the presence of partially positive charged hydrogen atoms of cations and anions. The differential capacitance (Cd) of the bio-IL shows two constant regimes, one for each electrode. The magnitude of these Cd values clearly suggests potential application of such bio-ILs as promising battery electrolytes.
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- Aditya Gupta
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Triolo A, Di Pietro ME, Mele A, Lo Celso F, Brehm M, Di Lisio V, Martinelli A, Chater P, Russina O. Liquid structure and dynamics in the choline acetate:urea 1:2 deep eutectic solvent. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:244501. [PMID: 34241369 DOI: 10.1063/5.0054048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We report on the thermodynamic, structural, and dynamic properties of a recently proposed deep eutectic solvent, formed by choline acetate (ChAc) and urea (U) at the stoichiometric ratio 1:2, hereinafter indicated as ChAc:U. Although the crystalline phase melts at 36-38 °C depending on the heating rate, ChAc:U can be easily supercooled at sub-ambient conditions, thus maintaining at the liquid state, with a glass-liquid transition at about -50 °C. Synchrotron high energy x-ray scattering experiments provide the experimental data for supporting a reverse Monte Carlo analysis to extract structural information at the atomistic level. This exploration of the liquid structure of ChAc:U reveals the major role played by hydrogen bonding in determining interspecies correlations: both acetate and urea are strong hydrogen bond acceptor sites, while both choline hydroxyl and urea act as HB donors. All ChAc:U moieties are involved in mutual interactions, with acetate and urea strongly interacting through hydrogen bonding, while choline being mostly involved in van der Waals mediated interactions. Such a structural situation is mirrored by the dynamic evidences obtained by means of 1H nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, which show how urea and acetate species experience higher translational activation energy than choline, fingerprinting their stronger commitments into the extended hydrogen bonding network established in ChAc:U.
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- Alessandro Triolo
- Laboratorio Liquidi Ionici, Istituto Struttura della Materia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISM-CNR), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta," Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta," Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratorio Liquidi Ionici, Istituto Struttura della Materia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISM-CNR), Rome, Italy
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- Institut für Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Diamond Light Source, Ltd., Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Laboratorio Liquidi Ionici, Istituto Struttura della Materia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISM-CNR), Rome, Italy
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Jeong KJ, McDaniel JG, Yethiraj A. Deep Eutectic Solvents: Molecular Simulations with a First-Principles Polarizable Force Field. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:7177-7186. [PMID: 34181852 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The unique properties of deep eutectic solvents make them useful in a variety of applications. In this work we develop a first-principles force field for reline, which is composed of choline chloride and urea in the molar ratio 1:2. We start with the symmetry adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) protocol and then make adjustments to better reproduce the structure and dynamics of the liquid when compared to first-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) simulations. The resulting force field is in good agreement with experiments in addition to being consistent with the FPMD simulations. The simulations show that primitive molecular clusters are preferentially formed with choline-chloride ionic pairs bound with a hydrogen bond in the hydroxyl group and that urea molecules coordinate the chloride mainly via the trans-H chelating hydrogen bonds. Incorporating polarizability qualitatively influences the radial distributions and lifetimes of hydrogen bonds and affects long-range structural order and dynamics. The polarizable force field predicts a diffusion constant about an order of magnitude larger than the nonpolarizable force field and is therefore less computationally intensive. We hope this study paves the way for studying complex hydrogen-bonding liquids from a first-principles approach.
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- Kyeong-Jun Jeong
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Natural-based chiral task-specific deep eutectic solvents: A novel, effective tool for enantiodiscrimination in electroanalysis. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rajbangshi J, Mukherjee K, Biswas R. Heterogeneous Orientational Relaxations and Translation–Rotation Decoupling in (Choline Chloride + Urea) Deep Eutectic Solvents: Investigation through Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Dielectric Relaxation Measurements. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:5920-5936. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Juriti Rajbangshi
- Department of Chemical, Biological and Macro-molecular Sciences, S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, JD-Block, Sector-III, Kolkata 700106, India
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- Department of Chemical, Biological and Macro-molecular Sciences, S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, JD-Block, Sector-III, Kolkata 700106, India
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- Department of Chemical, Biological and Macro-molecular Sciences, S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, JD-Block, Sector-III, Kolkata 700106, India
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Triolo A, Lo Celso F, Brehm M, Di Lisio V, Russina O. Liquid structure of a choline chloride-water natural deep eutectic solvent: A molecular dynamics characterization. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Busato M, Migliorati V, Del Giudice A, Di Lisio V, Tomai P, Gentili A, D'Angelo P. Anatomy of a deep eutectic solvent: structural properties of choline chloride : sesamol 1 : 3 compared to reline. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:11746-11754. [PMID: 33982713 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01105g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structural properties of the deep eutectic solvent (DES) formed by choline chloride (ChCl) and sesamol in 1 : 3 ratio have been investigated and compared to those of reline (ChCl : urea 1 : 2). An integrated approach combining small and wide angle X-ray scattering with molecular dynamics simulations has been employed and the simulation protocol has been validated against the experimental data. In the ChCl : sesamol DES, strong hydrogen bonds (HBs) are formed between the chloride anion and the hydroxyl groups of the choline and of sesamol molecules. Conversely, choline-choline, choline-sesamol and sesamol-sesamol interactions are negligible. A more extended interplay between the constituents is observed in reline where, besides the HBs involving the chloride anion, the eutectic formation is favored also by strong choline-urea and urea-urea interactions. The three-dimensional arrangement around the individual components shows that, in the ChCl : sesamol DES, the cholinium cations and the sesamol molecules are packed in such a way to maximize the interactions with the chlorine anion. This structural arrangement may favor the π-π interactions between the sesamol molecules and the aromatic species mediated by the chloride ions, providing an interpretation for the high separation rates previously observed for phenolic DESs towards aromatic compounds.
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- Matteo Busato
- Department of Chemistry, University "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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A DFT study of the adsorption of deep eutectic solvents onto graphene and defective graphene nanoflakes. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Elbourne A, Meftahi N, Greaves TL, McConville CF, Bryant G, Bryant SJ, Christofferson AJ. Nanostructure of a deep eutectic solvent at solid interfaces. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 591:38-51. [PMID: 33592524 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.01.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are an attractive class of tunable solvents. However, their uptake for relevant applications has been limited due to a lack of detailed information on their structure-property relationships, both in the bulk and at interfaces. The lateral nanostructure of the DES-solid interfaces is likely to be more complex than previously reported and requires detailed, high-resolution investigation. EXPERIMENTS We employ a combination of high-resolution amplitude-modulated atomic force microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the lateral nanostructure of a DES at the solid-liquid interface. Specifically, the lateral and near-surface nanostructure of the DES choline chloride:glycerol is probed at the mica and highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite interfaces. FINDINGS The lateral nanostructure of the DES-solid interface is heterogeneous and well-ordered in both systems. At the mica interface, the DES is strongly ordered via polar interactions. The adsorbed layer has a distinct rhomboidal symmetry with a repeat spacing of ~0.9 nm comprising all DES species. At the highly ordered pyrolytic graphite interface, the adsorbed layer appears distinctly different, forming an apolor-driven row-like structure with a repeat spacing of ~0.6 nm, which largely excludes the chloride ion. The interfacial nanostructure results from a delicate balance of substrate templating, liquid-liquid interactions, species surface affinity, and packing constraints of cations, anions, and molecular components within the DES. For both systems, distinct near-surface nanostructural layering is observed, which becomes more pronounced close to the substrate. The surface nanostructures elucidated here significantly expand our understanding of DES interfacial behavior and will enhance the optimization of DES systems for surface-based applications.
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- Aaron Elbourne
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia; Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3216, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
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Sarkar S, Maity A, Chakrabarti R. Microscopic structural features of water in aqueous-reline mixtures of varying compositions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:3779-3793. [PMID: 33532810 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05341d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Reline, a mixture of urea and choline chloride in a 2 : 1 molar ratio, is one of the most frequently used deep eutectic solvents. Pure reline and its aqueous solution have large scale industrial use. Owing to the presence of active hydrogen bond formation sites, urea and choline cations can disrupt the hydrogen-bonded network in water. However, a quantitative understanding of the microscopic structural features of water in the presence of reline is still lacking. We carry out extensive all-atom molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the effect of the gradual addition of co-solvents on the microscopic arrangements of water molecules. We consider four aqueous solutions of reline, between 26.3 and 91.4 wt%. A disruption of the local hydrogen-bonded structure in water is observed upon inclusion of urea and choline chloride. The extent of deviation of the water structure from tetrahedrality is quantified using the tetrahedral order parameter (qtet). Our analyses show a monotonic increase in the structural disorder as the co-solvents are added. Increase in the qtet values are observed when highly electro-negative hetero-atoms like nitrogen, oxygen of urea and choline cations are counted as partners of the central water molecules. Further insights are drawn from the characterization of the hydrogen-bonded network in water and we observe the gradual rupturing of water-water hydrogen bonds and their subsequent replacement by the water-urea hydrogen bonds. A negligible contribution from the hydrogen bonds between water and bulky choline cations has also been found. Considering all the constituents as the hydrogen bond partners we calculate the possibility of a successful hydrogen bond formation with a central water molecule. This gives a clear picture of the underlying mechanism of water replacement by urea.
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- Soham Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
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Malik A, Dhattarwal HS, Kashyap HK. Distinct Solvation Structures of CO2 and SO2 in Reline and Ethaline Deep Eutectic Solvents Revealed by AIMD Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:1852-1860. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Akshay Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Hammond OS, Atri RS, Bowron DT, de Campo L, Diaz-Moreno S, Keenan LL, Doutch J, Eslava S, Edler KJ. Structural evolution of iron forming iron oxide in a deep eutectic-solvothermal reaction. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:1723-1737. [PMID: 33428701 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr08372k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Deep eutectic solvents (DES) and their hydrated mixtures are used for solvothermal routes towards greener functional nanomaterials. Here we present the first static structural and in situ studies of the formation of iron oxide (hematite) nanoparticles in a DES of choline chloride : urea where xurea = 0.67 (aka. reline) as an exemplar solvothermal reaction, and observe the effects of water on the reaction. The initial speciation of Fe3+ in DES solutions was measured using extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), while the atomistic structure of the mixture was resolved from neutron and X-ray diffraction and empirical potential structure refinement (EPSR) modelling. The reaction was monitored using in situ small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), to determine mesoscale changes, and EXAFS, to determine local rearrangements of order around iron ions. It is shown that iron salts form an octahedral [Fe(L)3(Cl)3] complex where (L) represents various O-containing ligands. Solubilised Fe3+ induced subtle structural rearrangements in the DES due to abstraction of chloride into complexes and distortion of H-bonding around complexes. EXAFS suggests the complex forms [-O-Fe-O-] oligomers by reaction with the products of thermal hydrolysis of urea, and is thus pseudo-zero-order in iron. In the hydrated DES, the reaction, nucleation and growth proceeds rapidly, whereas in the pure DES, the reaction initially proceeds quickly, but suddenly slows after 5000 s. In situ SANS and static small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments reveal that nanoparticles spontaneously nucleate after 5000 s of reaction time in the pure DES before slow growth. Contrast effects observed in SANS measurements suggest that hydrated DES preferentially form 1D particle morphologies because of choline selectively capping surface crystal facets to direct growth along certain axes, whereas capping is restricted by the solvent structure in the pure DES.
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- Oliver S Hammond
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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Malik A, Kashyap HK. Heterogeneity in hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: SAXS prepeak and local environments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:3915-3924. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05407k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The observation of the prepeak in the simulated total X-ray scattering structure function (S(q)) reveals the presence of intermediate-range structural heterogeneity in hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents.
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- Akshay Malik
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Hauz Khas
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Hauz Khas
- India
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Baksi A, Rajbangshi J, Biswas R. Water in biodegradable glucose–water–urea deep eutectic solvent: modifications of structure and dynamics in a crowded environment. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:12191-12203. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00734c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed on a highly viscous (η ∼ 255 cP) naturally abundant deep eutectic solvent (NADES) composed of glucose, urea and water in a weight ratio of 6 : 4 : 1 at 328 K.
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- Atanu Baksi
- Department of Chemical, Biological and Macromolecular Sciences
- S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
- Kolkata 700106
- India
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- Department of Chemical, Biological and Macromolecular Sciences
- S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
- Kolkata 700106
- India
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- Department of Chemical, Biological and Macromolecular Sciences
- S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
- Kolkata 700106
- India
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Kumari P, Kumari M, Kashyap HK. How Pure and Hydrated Reline Deep Eutectic Solvents Affect the Conformation and Stability of Lysozyme: Insights from Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:11919-11927. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Pratibha Kumari
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Molecular insight into wetting behavior of deep eutectic solvent droplets on ionic substrates: A molecular dynamics study. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Tan Z, Peng Y, Liu J, Yang Y, Zhang Z, Chen Z, Mao B, Yan J. An In Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study on the Electrochemical Interface between Au(111) and Ethaline Deep Eutectic Solvent. ChemElectroChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202001264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Zhuo Tan
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China E-mail: mailto
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China E-mail: mailto
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China E-mail: mailto
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- Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research Institution College of Physical Science and Technology Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research Institution College of Physical Science and Technology Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China E-mail: mailto
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China E-mail: mailto
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China E-mail: mailto
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Kaur S, Kumari M, Kashyap HK. Microstructure of Deep Eutectic Solvents: Current Understanding and Challenges. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:10601-10616. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c07934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Supreet Kaur
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Malik A, Dhattarwal HS, Kashyap HK. Molecular dynamics investigation of wetting–dewetting behavior of reline DES nanodroplet at model carbon material. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:164704. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0023460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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- Akshay Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Percevault L, Jani A, Sohier T, Noirez L, Paquin L, Gauffre F, Morineau D. Do Deep Eutectic Solvents Form Uniform Mixtures Beyond Molecular Microheterogeneities? J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:9126-9135. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c06317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Lucie Percevault
- Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes, CNRS-University of Rennes 1, UMR 6226, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Institute of Physics of Rennes, CNRS-University of Rennes 1, UMR 6251, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Institute of Physics of Rennes, CNRS-University of Rennes 1, UMR 6251, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (CEA-CNRS), CEA-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes, CNRS-University of Rennes 1, UMR 6226, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes, CNRS-University of Rennes 1, UMR 6226, Rennes F-35042, France
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- Institute of Physics of Rennes, CNRS-University of Rennes 1, UMR 6251, Rennes F-35042, France
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Fuchs D, Bayer BC, Gupta T, Szabo GL, Wilhelm RA, Eder D, Meyer JC, Steiner S, Gollas B. Electrochemical Behavior of Graphene in a Deep Eutectic Solvent. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:40937-40948. [PMID: 32805835 PMCID: PMC7496728 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Graphene electrodes and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are two emerging material systems that have individually shown highly promising properties in electrochemical applications. To date, however, it has not been tested whether the combination of graphene and DESs can yield synergistic effects in electrochemistry. We therefore study the electrochemical behavior of a defined graphene monolayer of centimeter-scale, which was produced by chemical vapor deposition and transferred onto insulating SiO2/Si supports, in the common DES choline chloride/ethylene glycol (12CE) under typical electrochemical conditions. We measure the graphene potential window in 12CE and estimate the apparent electron transfer kinetics of an outer-sphere redox couple. We further explore the applicability of the 12CE electrolyte to fabricate nanostructured metal (Zn) and metalloid (Ge) hybrids with graphene by electrodeposition. By comparing our graphene electrodes with common bulk glassy carbon electrodes, a key finding we make is that the two-dimensional nature of the graphene electrodes has a clear impact on DES-based electrochemistry. Thereby, we provide a first framework toward rational optimization of graphene-DES systems for electrochemical applications.
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- David Fuchs
- Institute
for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz A-8010, Austria
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- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, Vienna University
of Technology (TU Wien), Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna A-1060, Austria
- Faculty
of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, Vienna University
of Technology (TU Wien), Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, Vienna University of
Technology (TU Wien), Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, Vienna A-1040, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, Vienna University of
Technology (TU Wien), Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, Vienna A-1040, Austria
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- Institute
of Materials Chemistry, Vienna University
of Technology (TU Wien), Getreidemarkt 9, Vienna A-1060, Austria
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- Faculty
of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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- Institute
for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz A-8010, Austria
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- Institute
for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz A-8010, Austria
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Are There Magic Compositions in Deep Eutectic Solvents? Effects of Composition and Water Content in Choline Chloride/Ethylene Glycol from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:7433-7443. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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