Appiah, C., et al. Macromolecular Rapid Communications2016,37 (14), 1175-1180, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201600020.
The formation and design of a hierarchically nanostructured poly(isobutylene)-based ionic liquid (PIB-ILs) is reported, displaying assembly into classical multiplets and an additional ordering of the aromatic counteranions. The morphology of PIB-ILs as well as its temperature-dependent behavior displays two different transition temperatures: one originating from ordering of micelles within a cylinder, and the second from cylinder–cylinder arrangement. Reproduced by permission. Copyright © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.