Ionic Reconfigurations Schematic (IMAGE)

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Ionic Reconfigurations Schematic

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The team's research showed that the ionic reconfigurations occurring near the gold electrodes (yellow bars) depend on the thickness of the studied ionic liquid films, as illustrated in the above schematic. Anions (green circles) and cations (blue circles) are structured in a checkerboard-like pattern (left) without an applied voltage but rearrange when one of the electrodes is biased (-U). The thicker film (b) has a second layer of cations near the -U electrode.

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