Theoretical Deconstruction of the X-ray Structure Function Exposes Polarity Alternations in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

摘要

On a large length scale room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs)are translationally invariant homogeneous systems suitable fordifferent applications. On smaller length scales they presentmultiple alternation patterns. Charge alternation can becommon in all salts. What is interesting in RTILs is thepresence of alternation patterns on longer length scales beyondcharge ordering. In this article we describe an improved way ofdeconstructing the x-ray structure function that clearly showsthese longer scale polarity alternations.