MD simulations of the formation of stable clusters in mixtures of alkaline salts and imidazolium-based ionic liquids

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3207-3220

  Méndez Morales, Trinidad ^a   Carrete, Jesús ^a   Bouzón Capelo, Silvia ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Martín ^b   Cabeza, Óscar ^c   Gallego, Luis J ^a   Varela, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONIC LIQUIDS; LITHIUM; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POSITIVE IONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALTS; SOLVATION;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; IMIDAZOLIUM-BASED IONIC LIQUID; MEAN-SQUARE DISPLACEMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS;

NEGATIVE IONS;

EID: 84875467657     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312669r     Document Type: Article

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