Highly efficient conductivity modulation of cinnamate-based light-responsive ionic liquids in aqueous solutions

Jie Yang; Huiyong Wang; Jianji Wang; Yue Zhang; Zhongjia Guo

doi:10.1039/c4cc04274c

Highly efficient conductivity modulation of cinnamate-based light-responsive ionic liquids in aqueous solutions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Dec 11;50(95):14979-82. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04274c.

Authors

Jie Yang¹, Huiyong Wang, Jianji Wang, Yue Zhang, Zhongjia Guo

Affiliation

¹ Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green, Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, P. R. China. Jwang@htu.cn.

PMID: 25328142
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04274c

Abstract

A new class of cinnamate-based light-responsive ionic liquids was synthesized and characterized, and these ionic liquids with longer alkyl chains showed a remarkable increase in ionic conductivity under UV light irradiation in aqueous solutions.