Simple observation of Streptococcus mutans biofilm by scanning electron microscopy using ionic liquids

AMB Express

Table 1 Physicochemical properties of the ILs used in this study

	Hydrophilicity	Viscosity/cP	Formula weight	Reference
[Ch][Lac]	+	895.0	193.24	Tsuda et al. 2014
[C₂mim][AcO]	+	143.61	170.20	Tsuda et al. 2014
[C₄mim][Tf₂N]	-	50.5	419.37	McHale et al. 2008, Gardas and Coutinho 2008
[P_4,4,4,12][BF₄]	-	1310	458.45	Tsunashima and Sugiya 2007