Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2005-01-13
published in J. Chem. Phys. 122, 044510 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
12 pages
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1819317
Solvation in 1-ethyl-3-methylmidazolium chloride and in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate near equilibrium is investigated via molecular dynamics computer simulations with diatomic and benzenelike molecules employed as probe solutes. It is found that electrostriction plays an important role in both solvation structure and free energetics. The angular and radial distributions of cations and anions become more structured and their densities near the solute become enhanced as the solute charge separation grows. Due to the enhancement in structural rigidity induced by electrostriction, the force constant associated with solvent configuration fluctuations relevant to charge shift and transfer processes is also found to increase. The effective polarity and reorganization free energies of these ionic liquids are analyzed and compared with those of highly polar acetonitrile. Their screening behavior of electric charges is also investigated.
Choi Min-Young
Kim Hyung J.
Shim Yunsic
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