Fig. 7.
Vesicles formed by Cn-IMe·HI imidazolium salts and models of RTIL-membrane interactions. a Giant vesicle formed by pure C15-IMe∙HI in hepes buffered saline, pH 7.4, monitored by confocal laser scanning microscopy. b Giant vesicle formed by C11-IMe∙HI in 320 mM sucrose. c Shrinkage of C11-IMe∙HI vesicles after dilution (1:4) with hepes buffer. Total duration: 110 s. Note the equidistant yellow lines, marking the vesicle size at the beginning of that measurement and the relative shrinkage over time. d: Model of the probable mechanism of C11-IMe∙HI vesicle instability after dilution. e Incubation of the ionic liquid [C4mim]Cl (green) on POPC membranes (cartoon). Modified from Drücker et al. (2017) and Yoo et al. (2016)