| Sample | Sample appearance | Amount of IL or amino group (mol) | pinitial (kPa) | pfinal (kPa) | CO2 absorbed (mol) | Absorption efficiency (mol/mol) |
| Bulk aqueous PAlAm (9.9%) | Clear solution | 8.4 × 10−3 | 106.8 | 63.7 | 3.3 × 10−3 | 0.39 |
| Bulk [bmim] [ace] + aq. PAlAm | Clear solution | 8.8×10−3 + 7.6 × 10−3 | 100.0 | 62.4 | 2.8 × 10−3 | 0.37* |
| DM with [bmim] [ace] + aq. PAlAm | Soufflé-like | 6.8 × 10−3 + 5.0 × 10−3 | 102.7 | 63.7 | 2.9 × 10−3 | 0.58* |