Abstract
Surface of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIM]BF 4) + water mixture is investigated using surface tension measurement and sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. The liquid surface is mostly covered by the [BMIM] + cations at very low bulk concentration. An unusual increase in surface tension from mole fraction c ≈ 0.016 up to ≈0.05 suggested that the BF 4 - anions start to appear at the surface from c ≈ 0.016 until the anions and cations are equally populated at c ≈ 0.05 or higher. From the analysis of the spectra, the terminal methyl group of the butyl chain in the cation is polar-oriented with its symmetry axis aligning rather vertical to the surface for the whole range of concentration.
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