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. 2020 Jul 20;20(14):4026. doi: 10.3390/s20144026

Table 1.

Details of the sensing materials used in the study and the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) frequency shift of the sensing layer deposition.

Sensing Material Deposition Frequency Shift
Identifier CAS # Full Name (Hz)
[C2mim][otf] 145022-44-2 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium triflate 1688
[C2mim][Tf2N] 174899-82-2 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium 1184
bis(trifluoromethylsulphonyl)imide
[C2mim][Ac] 143314-17-4 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate 1584
[C2mim][dca] 370865-89-7 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide 1514
[C4mim][dca] 448245-52-1 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide 1300
[C4mim][otf] 174899-66-2 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium triflate 1149
[C4mim][Ac] 284049-75-8 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate 967
[C4mim][Cl] 79917-90-1 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride 1006
[C4mim][Tf2N] 174899-83-3 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium 1509
bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide
[C4mim][Br] 85100-77-2 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide 1200
[C6mim][Tf2N] 382150-50-7 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium 1194
bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide
[C6mim][otf] 460345-16-8 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium 1268
trifluoromethanesulfonate
[C6mim][PF6] 304680-35-1 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate 1042
[C6mim][Br] 85100-78-3 3-hexyl-1-methyl-1H-imidazolium bromide 1119
[C6mim][Cl] 171058-17-6 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride 1300
[C8mim][PF6] 304680-36-2 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium 1438
Hexafluorophosphate
[C8mim][Tf2N] 178631-04-4 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium 1175
bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide
[C10mim][BF4] 244193-56-4 1-Decyl-3-methylimidazolium 1055
tetrafluoroborate
[BmPY][Tf2N] 623580-02-9 1-Butyl-1-methylpiperidinium 1182
bis(trifluoromethylsulphonyl)imide
[N4111][Tf2N] 324575-10-2 Butyltrimethylammonium 1561
bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide
[Py41][Tf2N] 223437-11-4 1-Butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide 1163
[P4441][Tf2N] 324575-10-2 Tributylmethylphosphonium 1293
bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide
[N1888][Tf2N] 258273-75-5 Methyltrioctylammonium 1156
bis(trifluoromethylsulphonyl)imide
TCP 1330-78-5 Tricresyl phosphate 1352
APIEZON-L 8009-03-08 Petrolatum (Vaseline) 1339
PEG 1k 25322-68-3 Poly(ethylene glycol) 1,000 1169
OV-17 63148-58-3 Methyl Phenyl Silicone Oil 1179
SIPONATE DS-10 25155-30-0 Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate 1230