Design of task-specific fluorinated ionic liquids: nanosegregation versus hydrogen-bonding ability in aqueous solutions.
Joana C BastosSara F CarvalhoTom WeltonJosé N Canongia LopesLuís Paulo N RebeloKarina ShimizuJoão M M AraújoAna B PereiroPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
We demonstrate that fluorinated ionic liquids reduce the impact of the addition of water upon the ionic liquid's H-bond acceptance ability. This is a key factor to obtain functionalized materials to be used e.g. in the dissolution of biomolecules, extraction processes or material engineering.