Self-propelled chemotactic ionic liquid droplets
Francis, Wayne, Fay, Cormac 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9104-5527, Florea, Larisa ORCID: 0000-0002-4704-2393 and Diamond, Dermot ORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839
(2015)
Self-propelled chemotactic ionic liquid droplets.
Chemical Communications, 51
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pp. 2342-2344.
ISSN 1364-548X
Abstract
Herein we report the chemotactic behaviour of self-propelled droplets composed solely of the ionic liquid trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium chloride ([P6,6,6,14][Cl]). These droplets spontaneously move along an aqueous-air boundary in the direction of chloride gradients to specific destinations due to asymmetric release of [P6,6,6,14]+ cationic surfactant from the droplet into the aqueous phase.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ionic liquids |
| Subjects: | Engineering > Materials Physical Sciences > Organic chemistry Physical Sciences > Chemistry |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences Research Initiatives and Centres > INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics Research Initiatives and Centres > National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR) |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4CC09214G |
| Copyright Information: | © 2015 RSC |
| Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
| Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland, Insight |
| ID Code: | 20573 |
| Deposited On: | 18 May 2015 10:31 by Wayne Francis . Last Modified 17 Sep 2018 09:40 |
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