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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 135, Issue 2-3, Pages 681-686Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.05.044
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Electrical conductivity; Electron microscopy; Composite materials; Crystal structure
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Present study report fabrication of a solid liquid intercalated compound using montmorillonite and ionic liquid [IL; 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate; ([BMIM][BF4])]. The intercalation of IL into the interlayer of montmorillonite was revealed by swelling behavior measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and cation exchange capacity (CEC). The crystal swelling structure of intercalation compound was further evidenced by transmission electron microscope (TEM). From these results, the arrangement of [BMIM](+) ions (cationic part of IL) into the unit layer were proposed. Furthermore, the montmorillonite showed electrical conductivity with the aid of IL This demonstrates a successful attempt to fabricate a solid liquid state nano-structure compound as possible transparent electrically conducting thin film. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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