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Synthesis of poly(ethylene glycol) functionalized star-shaped tricationic imidazolium based ionic liquid

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We report on the preparation of a well-defined star-shaped tricationic ionic liquid possessing three arms of poly(ethylene glycol) functionalized imidazolium rings. Remarkable solubility was found in most of the organic solvents we used. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) exhibited excellent thermal stability and two distinct decomposition temperatures were attributed to two kinds of chemical degradation. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was further employed to investigate the thermal phase transitions, that three different signals (T g, T c, and T m) were shown upon the second heating process. Moreover, CH2Cl2 solution of the ionic liquid expressed an excitation-wavelength dependent fluorescence response, leading to the facile modulation of photoluminescence behavior. This work represents an example of utilizing molecular design to construct novel ionic liquids and endow further potential to be used in the engineering materials.

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    Di Zhang, Jun Yin  (殷俊), Fei He, Ni-lin Ge, Zong-quan Wu & Yun-sheng Ding  (丁运生)

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 50973025, 51373045 and 51303044), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2013HGCH0013), Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (SRFDP, 20130111120013), Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of the Ministry of Education of China, and Anhui Province’s Natural Scientific Foundation (1408085QE80).

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Zhang, D., Yin, J., He, F. et al. Synthesis of poly(ethylene glycol) functionalized star-shaped tricationic imidazolium based ionic liquid. Chin J Polym Sci 33, 245–255 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-015-1576-4

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