Effect of cavitation intensity control on self-assembling of alkanethiols on gold in room temperature ionic liquids

Abstract

Highlights Ionic liquids were used to sonicate a “non vapor” media. In absence of vapor, cavitation is controlled by gas pressure. Cavitation influences orientation and organization of self-assembled monolayers. Chemical adsorption of molecules is highly activated by cavitation. Chemical adsorption of molecules is not dependent on cavitation intensity.

Characterization of the acoustic cavitation in ionic liquids in a horn-type ultrasound reactor

“…The turquoise cluster gathers articles that make use of electrochemical or spectroscopic techniques for the investigation of cavitation activity [24] . The magenta and red clusters comprise US-assisted extractions and biomass pretreatments [25] , [26] . Finally, the blue cluster groups studies focusing on bubble dynamics in ionic aqueous solution [27] .…”