ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Micelle Formation in Lanthanide-Based DES

Abstract: Deep eutectic solvents (DES) share many features with ionic liquids (ie. tunable physicochemical properties) which makes them viable green solvents that are less toxic than typical ILs. The most studied DES are mixtures of organic salts and hydrogen bond donors (HBD), that form strongly hydrogen-bonded room temperature liquids however "Type IV" DES are composed of inorganic salts with similar HBD. Our initial studies on lanthanide nitrate hydrate:urea mixtures show that these solvents have low viscosity, but high surface tensions, similar to those of water, and appear to also support micellization. Here we propose to study nonionic and cationic micelles in cerium nitrate hydrate:urea to determine micelle structures and properties in these novel solvents with a view to applying them as soft templates to create porous ceria for catalysis applications.

Principal Investigator: Professor Karen Edler
Local Contact: Dr James Doutch
Experimenter: Mr Jake Hooton
Experimenter: Dr Daniel Bowron
Experimenter: Dr Iva Manasi
Experimenter: Dr Reza Andalibi
Experimenter: Ms Ria Atri
Local Contact: Dr Steve King

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920676

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1920676

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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