Self continual superstructures

Meanwhile, self-assembly in ILs and their application to materials chemistry have been emerging as a promising area of research. Although ILs exhibit smaller cohesive energy compared to water [97, 98], the formation of ordered molecular assemblies has been demonstrated for bilayer membranes [60, 99-101] and low-molecular weight ionogels [102]. PILs and water mixtures have been shown to display unique physicochemical properties, which are different from the pure counterparts [103-105]. They relate to the formation of solvent clusters and continuous superstructures [106] in binary aqueous IL mixtures, which vary depending on the component chemical structures of IL, composition of the binary mixtures, and physical conditions, such as temperature. 

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