Layered Ionic Liquids: Anisotropic Ion Conduction in New Self-Organized Liquid-Crystalline Materials

Abstract

Self-organized anisotropic ion-conductive materials can be formed by the interactions between a conventional ionic liquid and hydroxyl-terminated mesogenic compounds. Anisotropic ionic conductivities could be measured for samples that formed oriented monodomains in the measurement cell. The Figure shows the ionic liquid and mesogenic compound in the cells used for these measurements. (See also cover)