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Skarmoutsos I. Substantial breakdown of the hydrogen-bonding network, local density inhomogeneities and fluid-liquid structural transitions in supercritical octanol-1: A molecular dynamics investigation. J Chem Phys 2024; 161:044506. [PMID: 39056384 DOI: 10.1063/5.0219417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Molecular dynamics simulations have been employed to explore the hydrogen-bonding structure and dynamics in supercritical octanol-1 at a near-critical temperature and up to high densities and pressures. A substantial breakdown of the hydrogen-bonding network when going from ambient-liquid to supercritical conditions is revealed. The fraction of the non-hydrogen bonded molecules significantly increases in supercritical octanol-1, and a substantial decrease in the intermittent hydrogen-bond lifetime is observed. This behavior is also reflected on the maximum local density augmentation, which is comparable to the values obtained for non-polar and non-hydrogen bonded fluids. The existence of a structural transition from an inhomogeneous fluid phase to a soft-liquid one at densities higher than 2.0 ρc is also revealed. At higher densities, a significant change in the reorientational relaxation process is observed, reflected on the significant increase in the ratio of the Legendre reorientational times τ1R/τ2R. The latter becomes much higher than the value predicted by the Debye model of diffusive reorientation and the corresponding ratio for ambient liquid octanol-1. The non-polar tail of octanol-1 under supercritical conditions reorients more slowly in comparison with the polar tail. Interestingly, the opposite behavior is observed for the ambient liquid, further verifying the strong effect of the breakdown of the hydrogen bonding network on the properties of supercritical octanol-1. In accordance with the above-mentioned findings, the static dielectric constant of supercritical octanol-1 is very low even at high densities and pressures, comparable to the values obtained for non-polar and non-hydrogen bonded fluids.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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Noetzel J, Schienbein P, Forbert H, Marx D. Solvation Properties of Neutral Gold Species in Supercritical Water Studied By THz Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402120. [PMID: 38695846 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Supercritical water provides distinctly different solvation properties compared to what is known from liquid water. Despite its prevalence deep in the Earth's crust and its role in chemosynthetic ecosystems in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents, molecular insights into its solvation mechanisms are still very scarce compared to what is known for liquid water. Recently, neutral metal particles have been detected in hydrothermal fluids and proposed to explain the transport of gold species to ore deposits on Earth. Using ab initio molecular dynamics, we elucidate the solvation properties of small gold species at supercritical conditions. The neutral metal clusters themselves contribute enormous THz intensity not because of their intramolecular vibrations, but due to their pronounced electronic polarization coupling to the dynamical supercritical solvent, leading to a continuum absorption up to about 1000 cm-1. On top, long-lived interactions between the gold clusters and solvation water leads at these supercritical conditions to a sharp THz resonance that happens to be close to the one due to H-bonding in liquid water at ambient conditions. The resulting distinct resonances can be used to analyse the solvation properties of neutral metal particles in supercritical aqueous solutions.
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- Jan Noetzel
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780, Bochum
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780, Bochum
- Present Address, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Center for Solvation Science ZEMOS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780, Bochum
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780, Bochum
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Feigl E, Jedlovszky P, Sega M. Percolation transition and bimodal density distribution in hydrogen fluoride. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:204503. [PMID: 38785286 DOI: 10.1063/5.0207202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Hydrogen-bond networks in associating fluids can be extremely robust and characterize the topological properties of the liquid phase, as in the case of water, over its whole domain of stability and beyond. Here, we report on molecular dynamics simulations of hydrogen fluoride (HF), one of the strongest hydrogen-bonding molecules. HF has more limited connectivity than water but can still create long, dynamic chains, setting it apart from most other small molecular liquids. Our simulation results provide robust evidence of a second-order percolation transition of HF's hydrogen bond network occurring below the critical point. This behavior is remarkable as it underlines the presence of two different cohesive mechanisms in liquid HF, one at low temperatures characterized by a spanning network of long, entangled hydrogen-bonded polymers, as opposed to short oligomers bound by the dispersion interaction above the percolation threshold. This second-order phase transition underlines the presence of marked structural heterogeneity in the fluid, which we found in the form of two liquid populations with distinct local densities.
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- Elija Feigl
- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, Wien A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Leányka utca 12, H-3300 Eger, Hungary
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, WC1E 7JE London, United Kingdom
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Liu (刘洪勤) H. From the vapour–liquid coexistence region to the supercritical fluid: the van der Waals fluid. Mol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2022.2155260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Hongqin Liu (刘洪勤)
- Integrated High Performance Computing Branch, Shared Services Canada, Montreal, Canada
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Liu H. The mean-field dividing interface is united with the Widom line. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Noetzel J, Schienbein P, Forbert H, Marx D. Solvation of Small Gold Clusters in Supercritical Water. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sun P, Hastings JB, Ishikawa D, Baron AQR, Monaco G. Universal Two-Component Dynamics in Supercritical Fluids. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:13494-13501. [PMID: 34855409 PMCID: PMC8686117 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Despite the technological importance of supercritical fluids, controversy remains
about the details of their microscopic dynamics. In this work, we
study four supercritical fluid systems—water, Si, Te, and Lennard-Jones
fluid—via classical molecular dynamics simulations. A universal
two-component behavior is observed in the intermolecular dynamics
of these systems, and the changing ratio between the two components
leads to a crossover from liquidlike to gaslike dynamics, most rapidly
around the Widom line. We find evidence to connect the liquidlike
component dominating at lower temperatures with intermolecular bonding
and the component prominent at higher temperatures with free-particle,
gaslike dynamics. The ratio between the components can be used to
describe important properties of the fluid, such as its self-diffusion
coefficient, in the transition region. Our results provide an insight
into the fundamental mechanism controlling the dynamics of supercritical
fluids and highlight the role of spatiotemporally inhomogeneous dynamics
even in thermodynamic states where no large-scale fluctuations exist
in the fluid.
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- Peihao Sun
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States.,Physics Department, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Skarmoutsos I, Henao A, Guardia E, Samios J. On the Different Faces of the Supercritical Phase of Water at a Near-Critical Temperature: Pressure-Induced Structural Transitions Ranging from a Gaslike Fluid to a Plastic Crystal Polymorph. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:10260-10272. [PMID: 34491748 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The present study reports a systematic analysis of a wide variety of structural, thermodynamic, and dynamic properties of supercritical water along the near-critical isotherm of T = 1.03Tc and up to extreme pressures, using molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations. The methodology employed provides solid evidence about the existence of a structural transition from a liquidlike fluid to a compressed, tightly packed liquid, in the density and pressure region around 3.4ρc and 1.17 GPa, introducing an alternative approach to locate the crossing of the Frenkel line. Around 8.5 GPa another transition to a face-centered-cubic plastic crystal polymorph with density 5.178ρc is also observed, further confirmed by Gibbs free energy calculations using the two-phase thermodynamic model. The isobaric heat capacity maximum, closely related to the crossing of the Widom line, has also been observed around 0.8ρc, where the local density augmentation is also maximized. Another structural transition has been observed at 0.2ρc, related to the transformation of the fluid to a dilute gas at lower densities. These findings indicate that a near-critical isotherm can be divided into different domains where supercritical water exhibits distinct behavior, ranging from a gaslike one to a plastic crystal one.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vas. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35, Athens, Greece
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- Dynamics of Condensed Matter and Center for Sustainable Systems Design, Department of Chemistry, University of Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E-08034, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis GR-157 71, Athens, Greece
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Quasi-equilibrium phase coexistence in single component supercritical fluids. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4630. [PMID: 34330902 PMCID: PMC8324840 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24895-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In their supercritical state simple fluids are generally thought to assume a homogeneous phase throughout all combinations of pressures and temperatures, although various response functions or transport properties may exhibit anomalous behavior, characterizing a state point as either more gas-like or liquid-like, respectively. While a large body of results has been compiled in the last two decades regarding the details of the supercritical phase in thermodynamic equilibrium, far less studies have been dedicated to out-of-equilibrium situations that nevertheless occur along with the handling of substances such as carbon dioxide or Argon. Here we consider successive compression-expansion cycles of equal amounts of Argon injected into a high-pressure chamber, traversing the critical pressure at two times the critical temperature. Due to expansion cooling, the fluid temporarily becomes sub-critical, and light scattering experiments show the formation of sub-micron-sized droplets and nanometer-scale clusters, both of which are distinct from spontaneous density fluctuations of the supercritical background and persist for a surprisingly long time. A kinetic rate model of the exchange of liquid droplets with the smaller clusters can explain this behavior. Our results indicate non-equilibrium aspects of supercritical fluids that may prove important for their processing in industrial applications. In their supercritical state simple fluids are generally thought to assume a homogeneous phase throughout. Lee et al. find that liquid droplets temporarily formed in a supercritical background after sub-critical injection can survive for a surprisingly long time.
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Lotnyk D, Eyal A, Zhelev N, Sebastian A, Tian Y, Chavez A, Smith E, Saunders J, Mueller E, Parpia J. Path-Dependent Supercooling of the ^{3}He Superfluid A-B Transition. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:215301. [PMID: 34114839 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.215301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We examine the discontinuous first-order superfluid ^{3}He A to B transition in the vicinity of the polycritical point (2.232 mK and 21.22 bar). We find path-dependent transitions: cooling at fixed pressure yields a well-defined transition line in the temperature-pressure plane, but this line can be reliably crossed by depressurizing at nearly constant temperature after transiting T_{c} at a higher pressure. This path dependence is not consistent with any of the standard B-phase nucleation mechanisms in the literature. This symmetry breaking transition is a potential simulator for first order transitions in the early Universe.
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- Dmytro Lotnyk
- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Physics Department, Technion, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo 02150, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Sun P, Hastings JB, Ishikawa D, Baron AQR, Monaco G. Two-Component Dynamics and the Liquidlike to Gaslike Crossover in Supercritical Water. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:256001. [PMID: 33416384 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.256001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Molecular-scale dynamics in sub- to supercritical water is studied with inelastic x-ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulations. The obtained longitudinal current correlation spectra can be decomposed into two main components: a low-frequency (LF), gaslike component and a high-frequency (HF) component arising from the O-O stretching mode between hydrogen-bonded molecules, reminiscent of the longitudinal acoustic mode in ambient water. With increasing temperature, the hydrogen-bond network diminishes and the spectral weight shifts from HF to LF, leading to a transition from liquid- to gaslike dynamics with rapid changes around the Widom line.
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- Peihao Sun
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, I-38123 Povo (Trento), Italy
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Thinking about water is inextricably linked to hydrogen bonds, which are highly directional in character and determine the unique structure of water, in particular its tetrahedral H-bond network. Here, we assess if this common connotation also holds for supercritical water. We employ extensive ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to systematically monitor the evolution of the H-bond network mode of water from room temperature, where it is the hallmark of its fluctuating three-dimensional network structure, to supercritical conditions. Our simulations reveal that the oscillation period required for H-bond vibrations to occur exceeds the lifetime of H-bonds in supercritical water by far. Instead, the corresponding low-frequency intermolecular vibrations of water pairs as seen in supercritical water are found to be well represented by isotropic van-der-Waals interactions only. Based on these findings, we conclude that water in its supercritical phase is not a H-bonded fluid.
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- Philipp Schienbein
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische ChemieRuhr-Universität Bochum44780BochumGermany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische ChemieRuhr-Universität Bochum44780BochumGermany
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- Philipp Schienbein
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie Ruhr-Universität Bochum 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie Ruhr-Universität Bochum 44780 Bochum Germany
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Pipich V, Schwahn D. Polymorphic phase transition in liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11861. [PMID: 32681012 PMCID: PMC7367860 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68451-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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We present experiments on molecular density fluctuations in liquid and supercritical (SC) CO2 using small-angle neutron scattering. Thermal density fluctuations in SC-CO2 determine susceptibility and correlation length identifying the Widom line at their maxima. Droplet formation occurs at the gas–liquid line and between 20 and 60 bar above the Widom line, the corresponding borderline identified as the Frenkel line. The droplets start to form spheres of constant radius of ≈ 45 Å and transform into rods and globules at higher pressure. Droplet formation represents a liquid–liquid (polymorphic) phase transition of the same composition but different density, whose difference defines its order parameter. Polymorphism in CO2 is a new observation stimulating interesting discussions on the topics of gas-like to liquid-like transition in SC fluids and polymorphism since CO2 represents a “simple” van der Waals liquid in contrast to water, which is the most widely studied liquid showing polymorphism in its supercooled state.
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- Vitaliy Pipich
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Lichtenbergstraße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS-1), Wilhelm Johnen Strasse, D-52428, Jülich, Germany.
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Bell IH, Galliero G, Delage-Santacreu S, Costigliola L. An entropy scaling demarcation of gas- and liquid-like fluid behaviors. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:191102. [PMID: 33687260 DOI: 10.1063/1.5143854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In this work, we propose a generic and simple definition of a line separating gas-like and liquid-like fluid behaviors from the standpoint of shear viscosity. This definition is valid even for fluids such as the hard sphere and the inverse power law that exhibit a unique fluid phase. We argue that this line is defined by the location of the minimum of the macroscopically scaled viscosity when plotted as a function of the excess entropy, which differs from the popular Widom lines. For hard sphere, Lennard-Jones, and inverse-power-law fluids, such a line is located at an excess entropy approximately equal to -2/3 times Boltzmann's constant and corresponds to points in the thermodynamic phase diagram for which the kinetic contribution to viscosity is approximately half of the total viscosity. For flexible Lennard-Jones chains, the excess entropy at the minimum is a linear function of the chain length. This definition opens a straightforward route to classify the dynamical behavior of fluids from a single thermodynamic quantity obtainable from high-accuracy thermodynamic models.
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- Ian H Bell
- Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, e2s UPPA, TOTAL, CNRS, LFCR, UMR 5150, Laboratoire des fluides complexes et leurs reservoirs, Pau, France
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, e2s UPPA, Laboratoire de Mathematiques et de leurs Applications de Pau (IPRA, CNRS UMR5142), Pau, France
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Postbox 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Schienbein P, Marx D. Assessing the properties of supercritical water in terms of structural dynamics and electronic polarization effects. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:10462-10479. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05610f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Evolution of water's structural dynamics from ambient liquid to supercritical dense liquid-like and dilute gas-like conditions.
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- Philipp Schienbein
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- 44780 Bochum
- Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- 44780 Bochum
- Germany
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Yoon TJ, Patel LA, Ju T, Vigil MJ, Findikoglu AT, Currier RP, Maerzke KA. Thermodynamics, dynamics, and structure of supercritical water at extreme conditions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:16051-16062. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02288h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to understand the thermodynamic, dynamic, and structural changes in supercritical water across the Frenkel line and the melting line have been performed.
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Los Alamos
- USA
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Zerón I, Torres-Arenas J, de Jesús E, Ramírez B, Benavides A. Discrete potential fluids in the supercritical region. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pathak H, Späh A, Amann-Winkel K, Perakis F, Kim KKH, Nilsson A. Temperature dependent anomalous fluctuations in water: shift of ≈1 kbar between experiment and classical force field simulations. Mol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1649486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Harshad Pathak
- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bianco V, Franzese G. Hydrogen bond correlated percolation in a supercooled water monolayer as a hallmark of the critical region. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.04.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Yoon TJ, Ha MY, Lee WB, Lee YW. A corresponding-state framework for the structural transition of supercritical fluids across the Widom delta. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:154503. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5086467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Tae Jun Yoon
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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Martelli F. Unravelling the contribution of local structures to the anomalies of water: The synergistic action of several factors. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:094506. [PMID: 30849899 DOI: 10.1063/1.5087471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
We investigate the microscopic origin of water's anomalies by inspecting the hydrogen bond network (HBN) and the spatial organization of low-density-liquid (LDL) like and high-density-liquid (HDL) like environments. Specifically, we simulate-via classical molecular dynamics simulations-the isobaric cooling of a sample composed of 512 water molecules from ambient to deeply undercooled conditions at three pressures, namely, 1 bar, 400 bars, and 1000 bars. In correspondence with the Widom line (WL), (i) the HDL-like dominating cluster undergoes fragmentation caused by the percolation of LDL-like aggregates following a spinodal-like kinetics; (ii) such fragmentation always occurs at a "critical" concentration of ∼20%-30% in LDL; (iii) the HBN within LDL-like environments is characterized by an equal number of pentagonal and hexagonal rings that create a state of maximal frustration between a configuration that promotes crystallization (hexagonal ring) and a configuration that hinders it (pentagonal ring); (iv) the spatial organization of HDL-like environments shows a marked variation. Moreover, the inspection of the global symmetry shows that the intermediate-range order decreases in correspondence with the WL and such a decrease becomes more pronounced upon increasing the pressure, hence supporting the hypothesis of a liquid-liquid critical point. Our results reveal and rationalize the complex microscopic origin of water's anomalies as the cooperative effect of several factors acting synergistically. Beyond implications for water, our findings may be extended to other materials displaying anomalous behaviours.
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- Fausto Martelli
- IBM Research, Hartree Centre, Daresbury WA4 4AD, United Kingdom
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Hestand NJ, Strong SE, Shi L, Skinner JL. Mid-IR spectroscopy of supercritical water: From dilute gas to dense fluid. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:054505. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5079232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Nicholas J. Hestand
- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, California 95344, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Hestand NJ, Skinner JL. Perspective: Crossing the Widom line in no man’s land: Experiments, simulations, and the location of the liquid-liquid critical point in supercooled water. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:140901. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5046687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Nicholas J. Hestand
- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Strong SE, Shi L, Skinner JL. Percolation in supercritical water: Do the Widom and percolation lines coincide? J Chem Phys 2018; 149:084504. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5042556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Steven E. Strong
- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, California 95344, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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