Effect of water on the interfacial structures of room-temperature ionic liquids |
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| Authors: | Shouhei Kawada Eri Kodama Keisuke Sato Shuhei Ogawa Masaya Watanabe Hikaru Okubo Shinya Sasaki |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan |
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| Abstract: | The interfacial structures of cyano-based room-temperature ionic liquids play a very important role in reducing friction. However, the presence of water impairs their tribological performance. The interfacial structures and friction forces of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, [EMIM][DCN], and the effect of water on these structures and forces were investigated using atomic force microscopy. In addition, the interaction of water and [EMIM][DCN] was evaluated using Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Multiple repulsive layers were observed in the [EMIM][DCN] solution. This solution showed low friction force because these repulsive layers worked as protective layers against friction. On the other hand, the specific repulsive layer characteristics of [EMIM][DCN] could not be observed in a [EMIM][DCN] + 2 wt% H2O solution. FT-IR results indicated that the layer structure of [EMIM][DCN] was disturbed by the addition of H2O. Therefore, the solution containing water exhibited a high friction force. |
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| Keywords: | room-temperature ionic liquids water atomic force microscopy Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
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