Temperature dependency of aqueous biphasic systems: An alternative approach for exploring the differences between Coulombic-dominated salts and ionic liquids

• Main Authors: E Silva, F.A., Pereira, J.F.B., Kurnia, K.A., Ventura, S.P.M., Silva, A.M.S., Rogers, R.D., Coutinho, J.A.P., Freire, M.G.
• Format: Article
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021666340&doi=10.1039%2fc7cc02294h&partnerID=40&md5=94066ac473c1fed109d826016587a36f; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19874/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Herein we propose an alternative way to distinguish ionic liquids from Coulombic-dominated salts, based not on their upper limit melting temperature (100 °C), but on the trend of their phase-forming abilities to create aqueous biphasic systems as a function of temperature, in which a wider plethora...