Electron microscopy using ionic liquids for life and materials sciences

Microscopy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 183-195
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Tsuda ◽  
Susumu Kuwabata
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Flame Resistance ◽  
Electrochemical Window ◽  
Microscopy Techniques

Abstract An ionic liquid (IL) is a salt consisting of only cations and anions, which exists in the liquid state at room temperature. Interestingly ILs combine various favorable physicochemical properties, such as negligible vapor pressure, flame resistance, relatively high ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical window, etc. To take advantage of two specific features of ILs, viz. their nonvolatile and antistatic nature, in 2006, Kuwabata, Torimoto et al. reported a milestone study led to current IL-based electron microscopy techniques. Thereafter, several IL-based electron microscopy techniques have been proposed for life science and materials science applications, e.g. pretreatment of hydrous and/or non-electron conductive specimens and in situ/operando observation of chemical reactions occurring in ILs. In this review, the fundamental approaches for making full use of these techniques and their impact on science and technology are introduced.

Remote On-Line Control of a High-Voltage in situ Transmission Electron Microscope with A Rational User Interface

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 384-385
Author(s):  
M.A. O’Keefe ◽  
J. Taylor ◽  
D. Owen ◽  
B. Crowley ◽  
K.H. Westmacott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
On Line ◽  
Electron Microscopes

Remote on-line electron microscopy is rapidly becoming more available as improvements continue to be developed in the software and hardware of interfaces and networks. Scanning electron microscopes have been driven remotely across both wide and local area networks. Initial implementations with transmission electron microscopes have targeted unique facilities like an advanced analytical electron microscope, a biological 3-D IVEM and a HVEM capable of in situ materials science applications. As implementations of on-line transmission electron microscopy become more widespread, it is essential that suitable standards be developed and followed. Two such standards have been proposed for a high-level protocol language for on-line access, and we have proposed a rational graphical user interface. The user interface we present here is based on experience gained with a full-function materials science application providing users of the National Center for Electron Microscopy with remote on-line access to a 1.5MeV Kratos EM-1500 in situ high-voltage transmission electron microscope via existing wide area networks. We have developed and implemented, and are continuing to refine, a set of tools, protocols, and interfaces to run the Kratos EM-1500 on-line for collaborative research. Computer tools for capturing and manipulating real-time video signals are integrated into a standardized user interface that may be used for remote access to any transmission electron microscope equipped with a suitable control computer.

Effect of Water on the Electrochemical Window and Potential Limits of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 2884-2891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aoife M. O’Mahony ◽  
Debbie S. Silvester ◽  
Leigh Aldous ◽  
Christopher Hardacre ◽  
Richard G. Compton
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature Ionic Liquids ◽  
Effect Of Water ◽  
Electrochemical Window

Magnetoresistance and Structure of Granular Co/Ag Thin Films

1993 ◽  
Vol 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Stearns ◽  
Yuanda Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Magnetization Measurements ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Conduction Electrons ◽  
Low Field ◽  
Co Concentration ◽  
Microscopy Techniques ◽  
Substrate Temperatures

ABSTRACTSeveral series of CoxAg1-x granular thin films (-3000Å) were fabricated by coevapora-tion of Co and Ag in a dual e-beam UHV deposition system at varying substrate temperatures. These films have low field magnetoresistance values as large as 31% at room temperature and 65% at liquid N2 temperature. The structure of the films was determined using magnetization measurements as well as x-ray and various electron microscopy techniques. The composition was determined using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The Magnetoresistance was measured at both room and liquid N2 temperatures.We deduce from the magnetization and RBS Measurements that the films consist of Co globules embedded in a Ag Matrix and that there is no appreciable mixing of the Co and Ag atoms in the films deposited at substrate temperatures ≥ 400°K. The size of the Co globules is seen to increase with increasing Co concentration and the maximum magnetoresistance occurs in those films having the smallest Ag thickness which provides magnetic isolation of the Co globules.We suggest that the large magnetoresistance of these films arises from the same mechanism which causes the low field magnetoresistance in pure ferromagnets, namely, the scattering of the highly polarized d conduction electrons of the Co at magnetic boundaries. The large increase in the room temperature magnetoresistance of the CO/Ag films as compared to those of pure 3d ferromagnetic films is due to the distance between the magnetic boundaries being reduced to a few nanometers, because of the small size of the single domain Co globules, as compared to a few microns in 3d ferromagnets.

Diglycolamide-Based Solvent Systems in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Actinide Ion Extraction: A Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prasanta Kumar Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Metal Ion ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Metal Ion Extraction ◽  
Ion Extraction ◽  
Radiolytic Stability ◽  
Solvent Systems ◽  
Functionalized Ligands

Abstract This review article gives a comprehensive account of the extraction of actinide ions using room temperature ionic liquid-based solvent systems containing diglycolamide (DGA) or functionalized DGA extractants. These extractants include multiple DGA-functionalized ligands such as tripodal DGA (T-DGA) and DGA-functionalized calix [4]arenes (C4DGA). Apart from metal ion extraction behaviour, other important features of the ionic liquid-based solvent systems such as separation behaviour, luminescence spectroscopic results, thermodynamics of extraction and radiolytic stability of the ionic liquid-based solvents are also reviewed. Results from studies on DGA-functionalized task-specific ionic liquids (TSIL) are also included in this review article.

scholarly journals Enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity of BiOBr by in situ reactable ionic liquid modification for pollutant degradation

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 7956-7962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhidong Wei ◽  
Ruishuo Li ◽  
Rui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Solvothermal Method ◽  
Pollutant Degradation ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Visible Light Photocatalytic

In this study, hierarchical BiOBr microspheres were synthesized via a one-pot solvothermal method in the presence of imidazole ionic liquids.

Impact of Cationic Molecular Length of Ionic Liquid Electrolytes on Cell Performances of 18650 Supercapacitors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phatsawit Wuamprakhon ◽  
Ruttiyakorn Donthongkwa ◽  
Kanit Hantanasirisakul ◽  
Vinich Promarak ◽  
Jumras Limtrakul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Series Resistance ◽  
Room Temperature Ionic Liquids ◽  
Specific Cell ◽  
Equivalent Series Resistance ◽  
Molecular Length ◽  
Cell Capacitance

The specific cell capacitance, equivalent series resistance (ESR) and equivalent distributed resistance (EDR) of porous carbon-based supercapacitors linearly depend on the cation molecular length (1 dimension) of room-temperature ionic liquids.

Shifting the equilibrium of methanol synthesis from CO2 by in situ absorption using ionic liquid media

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 3399-3405
Author(s):  
Jenny Reichert ◽  
Stephanie Maerten ◽  
Katharina Meltzer ◽  
Alexander Tremel ◽  
Manfred Baldauf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Methanol Synthesis ◽  
Liquid Media ◽  
Alkali Salt ◽  
In Situ Absorption

A promising way to increase the methanol yields in CO2 hydrogenation significantly up to 60% by in situ sorption of methanol and water in alkali salt-doped ionic liquids (ILs) is demonstrated.

scholarly journals In situ environmental HRTEM discloses low temperature carbon soot oxidation by ceria–zirconia at the nanoscale

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (27) ◽  
pp. 3876-3878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Aneggi ◽  
Jordi Llorca ◽  
Alessandro Trovarelli ◽  
Mimoun Aouine ◽  
Philippe Vernoux
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Soot Oxidation ◽  
Environmental Transmission ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Carbon Soot ◽  
Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy

In situ environmental transmission electron microscopy discloses room temperature carbon soot oxidation by ceria–zirconia at the nanoscale.

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