Carbon dioxide in ionic liquid microemulsions

Jianling Zhang; Buxing Han; Jianshen Li; Yueju Zhao; Guanying Yang

doi:10.1002/anie.201103956

Carbon dioxide in ionic liquid microemulsions

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Oct 10;50(42):9911-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201103956. Epub 2011 Sep 5.

Authors

Jianling Zhang¹, Buxing Han, Jianshen Li, Yueju Zhao, Guanying Yang

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. zhangjl@iccas.ac.cn

PMID: 21898733
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103956

Abstract

Tailor-made emulsion: a CO(2) -in-ionic-liquid microemulsion was produced for the first time. The CO(2)-swollen micelles are "tunable" because the micellar size can be easily adjusted by changing the pressure of CO(2). The microemulsion has potential applications in materials synthesis, chemical reactions, and extraction.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carbon Dioxide / chemistry*
Emulsions / chemistry
Ionic Liquids / chemistry*
Particle Size
Surface Properties

Substances

Emulsions
Ionic Liquids
Carbon Dioxide