Nanoscale organization in piperidinium-based room temperature ionic liquids

Here we report on the complex nature of the phase diagram of N-alkyl-N-methylpiperidinium
bistrifluoromethanesulfonylimide ionic liquids using several complementary techniques and on
their structural order in the molten state using small-wide angle x-ray scattering. The latter study
indicates that the piperidinium aliphatic alkyl chains tend to aggregate, forming alkyl domains
embedded into polar regions, similar to what we recently highlighted in the case of other ionic
liquids.