Rapid Preparation of Silsesquioxane‐Based Ionic Liquids |
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| Authors: | Liguo Li Prof Hongzhi Liu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of Special Functional Aggregated Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China;2. Key Laboratory of Specially Functional Polymeric Materials and Related Technology, Ministry of Education, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, P.R. China |
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| Abstract: | Three new hybrid ionic liquids (ILs) based on cage silsesquioxane (SQ) were rapidly prepared in high yields from octa(mercaptopropyl)silsesquioxane and 1‐allyl‐3‐methylimidazolium salts (Br?, BF4?, PF6?) through the photochemical thiol–ene reaction. These SQ‐based ILs exhibited low glass transition temperatures and good thermal stability. The unique amphiphilic nature of these hybrid ILs cause them to self‐assemble into perfect vesicles with “yolk–shell” structures, in which cages formed the “yolk” due to their aggregation and outer anions formed the “shell”. |
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| Keywords: | ionic liquids self-assembly silsesquioxane thiol– ene reaction vesicles |
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