d="p0005">Kosmotropism of salicylate based IL is studied in this work.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0010">MD and DFT simulations were used for the investigation of diluted [bmim][Sal].
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0015">Excellent agreement between experimental and theoretical results.
dd><dt class="label">•dt><dd>d="p0020">[bmim]+ is responsible for the water structuring.
dd>dl>