Selective ion transport across a lipid bilayer in a protic ionic liquid

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saffron J. Bryant ◽  
Alvaro Garcia ◽  
Ronald J. Clarke ◽  
Gregory G. Warr
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ion Transport ◽  
Lipid Bilayer ◽  
Protic Ionic Liquid ◽  
Aqueous Buffer ◽  
The Way

A tethered lipid bilayer assembled in an ionic liquid (IL) preserves selective ion transport by valinomycin and retains its structure upon exchange with aqueous buffer, paving the way for complex, non-aqueous bio-based assemblies.

Enhanced Ion Transport in an Ether Aided Super Concentrated Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Long-Life Practical Lithium Metal Battery Applications

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urbi Pal ◽  
Fangfang Chen ◽  
Derick Gyabang ◽  
Thushan Pathirana ◽  
Binayak Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ion Transport ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Coulombic Efficiency ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Liquid Electrolyte ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Lithium Metal ◽  
Ionic Liquid Electrolyte ◽  
Lithium Metal Battery

We explore a novel ether aided superconcentrated ionic liquid electrolyte; a combination of ionic liquid, <i>N</i>-propyl-<i>N</i>-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (C<sub>3</sub>mpyrFSI) and ether solvent, <i>1,2</i> dimethoxy ethane (DME) with 3.2 mol/kg LiFSI salt, which offers an alternative ion-transport mechanism and improves the overall fluidity of the electrolyte. The molecular dynamics (MD) study reveals that the coordination environment of lithium in the ether aided ionic liquid system offers a coexistence of both the ether DME and FSI anion simultaneously and the absence of ‘free’, uncoordinated DME solvent. These structures lead to very fast kinetics and improved current density for lithium deposition-dissolution processes. Hence the electrolyte is used in a lithium metal battery against a high mass loading (~12 mg/cm<sup>2</sup>) LFP cathode which was cycled at a relatively high current rate of 1mA/cm<sup>2</sup> for 350 cycles without capacity fading and offered an overall coulombic efficiency of >99.8 %. Additionally, the rate performance demonstrated that this electrolyte is capable of passing current density as high as 7mA/cm<sup>2</sup> without any electrolytic decomposition and offers a superior capacity retention. We have also demonstrated an ‘anode free’ LFP-Cu cell which was cycled over 50 cycles and achieved an average coulombic efficiency of 98.74%. The coordination chemistry and (electro)chemical understanding as well as the excellent cycling stability collectively leads toward a breakthrough in realizing the practical applicability of this ether aided ionic liquid electrolytes in lithium metal battery applications, while delivering high energy density in a prototype cell.

Absorption Behavior of Acid Gases in Protic Ionic Liquid/Alkanolamine Binary Mixtures

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 3429-3437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alsu I. Akhmetshina ◽  
Anton N. Petukhov ◽  
Andrey V. Vorotyntsev ◽  
Alexander V. Nyuchev ◽  
Ilya V. Vorotyntsev
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Binary Mixtures ◽  
Acid Gases ◽  
Protic Ionic Liquid

Ionic framework constructed with protic ionic liquid units for improving ammonia uptake

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaran Li ◽  
Li Luo ◽  
Le Yang ◽  
Chaoyang Zhao ◽  
Yibang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Protic Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ammonia Uptake

A [Ph3ImH][Tf2N]2 framework constructed from ionic liquid units frustrated with ammonia presents high reversible ammonia uptake of 13.53 mmol g−1.

Membrane Alterations Induced by Amphiphiles

1989 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-280
Author(s):  
Boris Isomaa ◽  
Henry Hägerstrand ◽  
Gun I.L. Paatero
Keyword(s):  
Ion Transport ◽  
Lipid Bilayer ◽  
Erythrocyte Membrane ◽  
Cell Shape ◽  
Osmotic Fragility ◽  
Molecular Shape ◽  
Specific Interactions ◽  
Amphiphilic Compounds ◽  
Rapid Formation ◽  
Polar Parts

Amphiphilic compounds with distinct apolar and polar parts are readily intercalated into the erythrocyte membrane. When intercalated into the membrane, amphiphiles are probably orientated so that the polar head is at the polar-apolar interface of the lipid bilayer and the hydrophobic part within the apolar core of the bilayer. However, by virtue of their difference in molecular shape from the bulk lipids of the lipid bilayer, it is possible that the intercalated amphiphiles are partly segregated from bulk lipids and accumulate at protein-lipid interfaces in the bilayer, where the packing of the bilayer lipids may be less ordered. Our studies show that amphiphiles, when intercalated into the erythrocyte membrane, trigger alterations in several membrane-connected functions. Some of the alterations induced (decreased osmotic fragility, increased passive potassium fluxes) seem to be due to non-specific interactions of the amphiphiles with the membrane, whereas other functions (ion transport mediated by membrane proteins, regulation of cell shape) seem to be sensitive to particular features of the amphiphiles. Our studies indicate that the intercalation of amphiphiles into the erythrocyte membrane must involve rearrangements within the lipid bilayer. We have suggested that, when intercalated into the lipid bilayer, amphiphiles trigger a rapid formation of non-bilayer phases, which protect the bilayer against a collapse and bring about a trans-bilayer redistribution of intercalated amphiphiles as well as of bilayer lipids. At high sublytic concentrations, this process may also involve a release of microvesicles from the membrane.

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