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Lin Y, Zhou T, Rosenmann ND, Yu L, Gage TE, Banik S, Neogi A, Chan H, Lei A, Lin XM, Holt M, Arslan I, Wen J. Surface premelting of ice far below the triple point. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2304148120. [PMID: 37844213 PMCID: PMC10622896 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2304148120] [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: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Premelting of ice, a quasi-liquid layer (QLL) at the surface below the melting temperature, was first postulated by Michael Faraday 160 y ago. Since then, it has been extensively studied theoretically and experimentally through many techniques. Existing work has been performed predominantly on hexagonal ice, at conditions close to the triple point. Whether the same phenomenon can persist at much lower pressure and temperature, where stacking disordered ice sublimates directly into water vapor, remains unclear. Herein, we report direct observations of surface premelting on ice nanocrystals below the sublimation temperature using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Similar to what has been reported on hexagonal ice, a QLL is found at the solid-vapor interface. It preferentially decorates certain facets, and its thickness increases as the phase transition temperature is approached. In situ TEM reveals strong diffusion of the QLL, while electron energy loss spectroscopy confirms its amorphous nature. More significantly, the premelting observed in this work is thought to be related to the metastable low-density ultraviscous water, instead of ambient liquid water as in the case of hexagonal ice. This opens a route to understand premelting and grassy liquid state, far away from the normal water triple point.
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- Yulin Lin
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, the Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan430072, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, the Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan430072, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL60439
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Tonauer CM, Fidler LR, Giebelmann J, Yamashita K, Loerting T. Nucleation and growth of crystalline ices from amorphous ices. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:141001. [PMID: 37061482 DOI: 10.1063/5.0143343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023] Open
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We here review mostly experimental and some computational work devoted to nucleation in amorphous ices. In fact, there are only a handful of studies in which nucleation and growth in amorphous ices are investigated as two separate processes. In most studies, crystallization temperatures Tx or crystallization rates RJG are accessed for the combined process. Our Review deals with different amorphous ices, namely, vapor-deposited amorphous solid water (ASW) encountered in many astrophysical environments; hyperquenched glassy water (HGW) produced from μm-droplets of liquid water; and low density amorphous (LDA), high density amorphous (HDA), and very high density amorphous (VHDA) ices produced via pressure-induced amorphization of ice I or from high-pressure polymorphs. We cover the pressure range of up to about 6 GPa and the temperature range of up to 270 K, where only the presence of salts allows for the observation of amorphous ices at such high temperatures. In the case of ASW, its microporosity and very high internal surface to volume ratio are the key factors determining its crystallization kinetics. For HGW, the role of interfaces between individual glassy droplets is crucial but mostly neglected in nucleation or crystallization studies. In the case of LDA, HDA, and VHDA, parallel crystallization kinetics to different ice phases is observed, where the fraction of crystallized ices is controlled by the heating rate. A key aspect here is that in different experiments, amorphous ices of different "purities" are obtained, where "purity" here means the "absence of crystalline nuclei." For this reason, "preseeded amorphous ice" and "nuclei-free amorphous ice" should be distinguished carefully, which has not been done properly in most studies. This makes a direct comparison of results obtained in different laboratories very hard, and even results obtained in the same laboratory are affected by very small changes in the preparation protocol. In terms of mechanism, the results are consistent with amorphous ices turning into an ultraviscous, deeply supercooled liquid prior to nucleation. However, especially in preseeded amorphous ices, crystallization from the preexisting nuclei takes place simultaneously. To separate the time scales of crystallization from the time scale of structure relaxation cleanly, the goal needs to be to produce amorphous ices free from crystalline ice nuclei. Such ices have only been produced in very few studies.
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- Christina M Tonauer
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Karina A, Eklund T, Tonauer CM, Li H, Loerting T, Amann-Winkel K. Infrared Spectroscopy on Equilibrated High-Density Amorphous Ice. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:7965-7971. [PMID: 35981100 PMCID: PMC9442797 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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High-density (HDA) and low-density amorphous ices (LDA) are believed to be counterparts of the high- and low-density liquid phases of water, respectively. In order to better understand how the vibrational modes change during the transition between the two solid states, we present infrared spectroscopy measurements, following the change of the decoupled OD-stretch (vOD) (∼2460 cm-1) and OH-combinational mode (vOH + v2, vOH + 2vR) (∼5000 cm-1). We observe a redshift from HDA to LDA, accompanied with a drastic decrease of the bandwidth. The hydrogen bonds are stronger in LDA, which is caused by a change in the coordination number and number of water molecules interstitial between the first and second hydration shell. The unusually broad uncoupled OD band also clearly distinguishes HDA from other crystalline high-pressure phases, while the shape and position of the in situ prepared LDA are comparable to those of vapor-deposited amorphous ice.
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- Aigerim Karina
- Department
of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute
of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Max-Planck-Institute
for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department
of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute
of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institute
for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Kringle L, Thornley WA, Kay BD, Kimmel GA. Isotope effects on the structural transformation and relaxation of deeply supercooled water. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:084501. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0078796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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We have examined the structure of supercooled liquid D2O as a function of temperature between 185 and 255 K using pulsed laser heating to rapidly heat and cool the sample on a nanosecond timescale. The liquid structure can be represented as a linear combination of two structural motifs, with a transition between them described by a logistic function centered at 218 K with a width of 10 K. The relaxation to a metastable state, which occurred prior to crystallization, exhibited nonexponential kinetics with a rate that was dependent on the initial structural configuration. When the temperature is scaled by the temperature of maximum density, which is an isostructural point of the isotopologues, the structural transition and the non-equilibrium relaxation kinetics of D2O agree remarkably well with those for H2O.
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- Loni Kringle
- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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Li H, Karina A, Ladd-Parada M, Späh A, Perakis F, Benmore C, Amann-Winkel K. Long-Range Structures of Amorphous Solid Water. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:13320-13328. [PMID: 34846876 PMCID: PMC8667042 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c06899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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High-energy X-ray
diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy (FTIR) of amorphous solid water (ASW) were studied during
vapor deposition and the heating process. From the diffraction patterns,
the oxygen–oxygen pair distribution functions (PDFs) were calculated
up to the eighth coordination shell and an r = 23 Å. The PDF of ASW obtained both during vapor deposition
at 80 K as well as the subsequent heating are consistent with that
of low-density amorphous ice. The formation and temperature-induced
collapse of micropores were observed in the XRD data and in the FTIR
measurements, more specifically, in the OH stretch and the dangling
mode. Above 140 K, ASW crystallizes into a stacking disordered ice,
Isd. It is observed that the fourth, fifth, and sixth peaks
in the PDF, corresponding to structural arrangements between 8 and
12 Å, are the most sensitive to the onset of crystallization.
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- Hailong Li
- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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Gallo P, Bachler J, Bove LE, Böhmer R, Camisasca G, Coronas LE, Corti HR, de Almeida Ribeiro I, de Koning M, Franzese G, Fuentes-Landete V, Gainaru C, Loerting T, de Oca JMM, Poole PH, Rovere M, Sciortino F, Tonauer CM, Appignanesi GA. Advances in the study of supercooled water. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2021; 44:143. [PMID: 34825973 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00139-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this review, we report recent progress in the field of supercooled water. Due to its uniqueness, water presents numerous anomalies with respect to most simple liquids, showing polyamorphism both in the liquid and in the glassy state. We first describe the thermodynamic scenarios hypothesized for the supercooled region and in particular among them the liquid-liquid critical point scenario that has so far received more experimental evidence. We then review the most recent structural indicators, the two-state model picture of water, and the importance of cooperative effects related to the fact that water is a hydrogen-bonded network liquid. We show throughout the review that water's peculiar properties come into play also when water is in solution, confined, and close to biological molecules. Concerning dynamics, upon mild supercooling water behaves as a fragile glass former following the mode coupling theory, and it turns into a strong glass former upon further cooling. Connections between the slow dynamics and the thermodynamics are discussed. The translational relaxation times of density fluctuations show in fact the fragile-to-strong crossover connected to the thermodynamics arising from the existence of two liquids. When considering also rotations, additional crossovers come to play. Mobility-viscosity decoupling is also discussed in supercooled water and aqueous solutions. Finally, the polyamorphism of glassy water is considered through experimental and simulation results both in bulk and in salty aqueous solutions. Grains and grain boundaries are also discussed.
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- Paola Gallo
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146, Roma, Italy.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IMPMC, 75005, Paris, France
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221, Dortmund, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146, Roma, Italy
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- Secció de Física Estadística i Interdisciplinària-Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, & Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, C. Martí i Franquès 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, B1650LWP, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin", Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, 13083-859, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin", Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, 13083-859, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Center for Computing in Engineering & Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, 13083-861, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Secció de Física Estadística i Interdisciplinària-Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, & Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, C. Martí i Franquès 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, B2G 2W5, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Hajime Tanaka
- Department of Fundamental Engineering, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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Temperature-dependent kinetic pathways featuring distinctive thermal-activation mechanisms in structural evolution of ice VII. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:15437-15442. [PMID: 32571925 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2007959117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ice amorphization, low- to high-density amorphous (LDA-HDA) transition, as well as (re)crystallization in ice, under compression have been studied extensively due to their fundamental importance in materials science and polyamorphism. However, the nature of the multiple-step "reverse" transformation from metastable high-pressure ice to the stable crystalline form under reduced pressure is not well understood. Here, we characterize the rate and temperature dependence of the structural evolution from ice VII to ice I recovered at low pressure (∼5 mTorr) using in situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction. Unlike previously reported ice VII (or ice VIII)→LDA→ice I transitions, we reveal three temperature-dependent successive transformations: conversion of ice VII into HDA, followed by HDA-to-LDA transition, and then crystallization of LDA into ice I. Significantly, the temperature-dependent characteristic times indicate distinctive thermal activation mechanisms above and below 110-115 K for both ice VIII-to-HDA and HDA-to-LDA transitions. Large-scale molecular-dynamics calculations show that the structural evolution from HDA to LDA is continuous and involves substantial movements of the water molecules at the nanoscale. The results provide a perspective on the interrelationship of polyamorphism and unravel its underpinning complexities in shaping ice-transition kinetic pathways.
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Harada K, Sugimoto T, Kato F, Watanabe K, Matsumoto Y. Thickness dependent homogeneous crystallization of ultrathin amorphous solid water films. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:1963-1973. [PMID: 31939467 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05981d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The crystallization mechanism and kinetics of amorphous materials are of paramount importance not only in basic science but also in the application field because they are closely related to their thermal stability. In the case of amorphous nanomaterials, thermal stability distinctively different from that of bulk materials often emerges. Despite intensive studies in the past, a thorough understanding of the stability at the molecular level has not been reached particularly on how crystallization processes depend on size and are influenced by their surface and interface. In this article, we report the film-size-dependent crystallization of thermally relaxed nonporous ASW ultrathin films on a Pt(111) surface as a benchmark system of amorphous molecular films. The crystallization processes at the surface and interior of the ASW ultrathin films are monitored simultaneously with thermal desorption and infrared reflection absorption, respectively, as a function of the film thickness. Here, we demonstrate that the crystallization is initiated solely by "homogeneous nucleation" irrespective of the film thickness while the crystallization rate remarkably depends on the thickness; the rate of 5-layer (∼1.5 nm) ASW films is one order of magnitude higher than that of 20-layer (∼6 nm) films. Moreover, we found a clear correlation between the film-thickness-dependent crystallization kinetics and microscopic structural disorder associated with the broad distribution of hydrogen-bond lengths between water molecules.
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- Kuniaki Harada
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan. and Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan and Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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Talewar SK, Halukeerthi SO, Riedlaicher R, Shephard JJ, Clout AE, Rosu-Finsen A, Williams GR, Langhoff A, Johannsmann D, Salzmann CG. Gaseous "nanoprobes" for detecting gas-trapping environments in macroscopic films of vapor-deposited amorphous ice. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:134505. [PMID: 31594355 DOI: 10.1063/1.5113505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Vapor-deposited amorphous ice, traditionally called amorphous solid water (ASW), is one of the most abundant materials in the universe and a prototypical material for studying physical vapor-deposition processes. Its complex nature arises from a strong tendency to form porous structures combined with complicated glass transition, relaxation, and desorption behavior. To gain further insights into the various gas-trapping environments that exist in ASW and hence its morphology, films in the 25-100 μm thickness range were codeposited with small amounts of gaseous "nanoprobes" including argon, methane, helium, and carbon dioxide. Upon heating in the 95-185 K temperature range, three distinct desorption processes are observed which we attribute to the gas desorption out of open cracks above 100 K, from internal voids that collapse due to the glass transition at ∼125 K and finally from fully matrix-isolated gas induced by the irreversible crystallization to stacking disordered ice (ice Isd) at ∼155 K. Nanoscale films of ASW have only displayed the latter desorption process which means that the first two desorption processes arise from the macroscopic dimensions of our ASW films. Baffling the flow of water vapor toward the deposition plate greatly reduces the first desorption feature, and hence the formation of cracks, but it significantly increases the amount of matrix-isolated gas. The complex nature in which ASW can trap gaseous species is thought to be relevant for a range of cosmological processes.
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- Sukhpreet K Talewar
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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- UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 4, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 4, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
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Nachbar M, Duft D, Leisner T. The vapor pressure of liquid and solid water phases at conditions relevant to the atmosphere. J Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5100364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Mario Nachbar
- Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2640, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2640, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2640, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Plaga LJ, Raidt A, Fuentes Landete V, Amann-Winkel K, Massani B, Gasser TM, Gainaru C, Loerting T, Böhmer R. Amorphous and crystalline ices studied by dielectric spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:244501. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5100785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- L. J. Plaga
- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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Huang RK, Wang SS, Liu DX, Li X, Song JM, Xia YH, Zhou DD, Huang J, Zhang WX, Chen XM. Supercooling Behavior and Dipole-Glass-like Relaxation in a Three-Dimensional Water Framework. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:5645-5649. [PMID: 30908017 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b01866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rui-Kang Huang
- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Institute of Nuclear
Physics and Chemistry (INPC), China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- Institute of Nuclear
Physics and Chemistry (INPC), China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- Institute of Nuclear
Physics and Chemistry (INPC), China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Arzbacher S, Rahmatian N, Ostermann A, Massani B, Loerting T, Petrasch J. Macroscopic defects upon decomposition of CO2 clathrate hydrate crystals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:9694-9708. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07871h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cracks and decomposition barriers observed in time-lapse micro-computed tomography measurements challenge existing models of gas hydrate decomposition.
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- Stefan Arzbacher
- Illwerke vkw Endowed Professorship for Energy Efficiency
- Research Center Energy
- Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
- Dornbirn 6850
- Austria
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- Illwerke vkw Endowed Professorship for Energy Efficiency
- Research Center Energy
- Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
- Dornbirn 6850
- Austria
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- Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry
- University of Innsbruck
- Innsbruck 6020
- Austria
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- Illwerke vkw Endowed Professorship for Energy Efficiency
- Research Center Energy
- Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
- Dornbirn 6850
- Austria
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Hada M, Shigeeda Y, Koshihara SY, Nishikawa T, Yamashita Y, Hayashi Y. Bond Dissociation Triggering Molecular Disorder in Amorphous H 2O. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:9579-9584. [PMID: 30430832 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b08455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We developed a system to deposit H2O molecules onto ultrathin silicon nitride substrates in situ using time-resolved transmission electron diffraction apparatus and performed ultrafast time-resolved electron diffraction measurements in the noncrystalline (amorphous) H2O under near-ultraviolet photoexcitation. The observed dynamics directly represent O-H bond dissociation via multiphoton absorption and charge transfer, which trigger ionization and intermolecular disorder in the amorphous H2O. Our results illustrate the intriguing nature of light-matter and matter-matter interactions in H2O molecules.
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- Masaki Hada
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology , Okayama University , Okayama 700-8530 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology , Okayama University , Okayama 700-8530 , Japan
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- School of Science , Tokyo Institute of Technology , Tokyo 152-8551 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology , Okayama University , Okayama 700-8530 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology , Okayama University , Okayama 700-8530 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology , Okayama University , Okayama 700-8530 , Japan
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Lin C, Smith JS, Liu X, Tse JS, Yang W. Venture into Water's No Man's Land: Structural Transformations of Solid H_{2}O under Rapid Compression and Decompression. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:225703. [PMID: 30547611 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.225703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Pressure-induced formation of amorphous ices and the low-density amorphous (LDA) to high-density amorphous (HDA) transition have been believed to occur kinetically below a crossover temperature (T_{c}) above which thermodynamically driven crystalline-crystalline (e.g., ice I_{h}-to-II) transitions and crystallization of HDA and LDA are dominant. Here we show compression-rate-dependent formation of a high-density noncrystalline (HDN) phase transformed from ice I_{c} above T_{c}, bypassing crystalline-crystalline transitions under rapid compression. Rapid decompression above T_{c} transforms HDN to a low-density noncrystalline (LDN) phase which crystallizes spontaneously into ice I_{c}, whereas slow decompression of HDN leads to direct crystallization. The results indicate the formation of HDA and the HDN-to-LDN transition above T_{c} are results of competition between (de)compression rate, energy barrier, and temperature. The crossover temperature is shown to have an exponential relationship with the threshold compression rate. The present results provide important insight into the dynamic property of the phase transitions in addition to the static study.
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- Chuanlong Lin
- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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- HPCAT, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
- Key Laboratory for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E2 Canada
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- Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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Handle PH, Loerting T. Experimental study of the polyamorphism of water. I. The isobaric transitions from amorphous ices to LDA at 4 MPa. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:124508. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5019413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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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- Philip H. Handle
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Ruiz GN, Amann-Winkel K, Bove LE, Corti HR, Loerting T. Calorimetric study of water's two glass transitions in the presence of LiCl. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:6401-6408. [PMID: 29442107 PMCID: PMC5831115 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08677f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A DSC study of dilute glassy LiCl aqueous solutions in the water-dominated regime provides direct evidence of a glass-to-liquid transition in expanded high density amorphous (eHDA)-type solutions. Similarly, low density amorphous ice (LDA) exhibits a glass transition prior to crystallization to ice Ic. Both glass transition temperatures are independent of the salt concentration, whereas the magnitude of the heat capacity increase differs. By contrast to pure water, the glass transition endpoint for LDA can be accessed in LiCl aqueous solutions above 0.01 mole fraction. Furthermore, we also reveal the endpoint for HDA's glass transition, solving the question on the width of both glass transitions. This suggests that both equilibrated HDL and LDL can be accessed in dilute LiCl solutions, supporting the liquid-liquid transition scenario to understand water's anomalies.
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- Guadalupe N. Ruiz
- Institute of Physical Chemistry , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 52c , 6020 Innsbruck , Austria .
- Departament de Física e Enginyeria Nuclear , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , 08028 , Barcelona , Spain
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 52c , 6020 Innsbruck , Austria .
- Department of Physics , AlbaNova University Center , 10691 Stockolm , Sweden
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- Institut de Mineralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condenses , CNRS-Universitè P.et M. Curie , 4 place de Jussieu , 75005 Paris , France
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada , Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica , San Martín , Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales , Medio Ambiente y Energía , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 52c , 6020 Innsbruck , Austria .
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To understand water’s anomalous behavior, a two-liquid model with a high-density liquid and a low-density liquid (LDL) has been proposed from theoretical simulations, and is gradually gaining ground. However, it has been experimentally challenging to probe the region of the phase diagram of H2O where the LDL phase is expected to occur. We overcome the experimental challenge by using a technique of rapid decompression integrated with fast synchrotron measurements, and show that the region of LDL is accessible via decompression of a high-pressure crystal. We report the experimental evidence of the LDL from in situ X-ray diffraction and its crystallization process, providing a kinetic pathway for the appearance of LDL as an intermediate phase in the crystal–crystal transformation upon decompression. Water is an extraordinary liquid, having a number of anomalous properties which become strongly enhanced in the supercooled region. Due to rapid crystallization of supercooled water, there exists a region that has been experimentally inaccessible for studying deeply supercooled bulk water. Using a rapid decompression technique integrated with in situ X-ray diffraction, we show that a high-pressure ice phase transforms to a low-density noncrystalline (LDN) form upon rapid release of pressure at temperatures of 140–165 K. The LDN subsequently crystallizes into ice-Ic through a diffusion-controlled process. Together with the change in crystallization rate with temperature, the experimental evidence indicates that the LDN is a low-density liquid (LDL). The measured X-ray diffraction data show that the LDL is tetrahedrally coordinated with the tetrahedral network fully developed and clearly linked to low-density amorphous ices. On the other hand, there is a distinct difference in structure between the LDL and supercooled water or liquid water in terms of the tetrahedral order parameter.
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Tonauer CM, Seidl-Nigsch M, Loerting T. High-density amorphous ice: nucleation of nanosized low-density amorphous ice. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2018; 30:034002. [PMID: 29189205 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa9e76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The pressure dependence of the crystallization temperature of different forms of expanded high-density amorphous ice (eHDA) was scrutinized. Crystallization at pressures 0.05-0.30 GPa was followed using volumetry and powder x-ray diffraction. eHDA samples were prepared via isothermal decompression of very high-density amorphous ice at 140 K to different end pressures between 0.07-0.30 GPa (eHDA0.07-0.3). At 0.05-0.17 GPa the crystallization line T x (p) of all eHDA variants is the same. At pressures >0.17 GPa, all eHDA samples decompressed to pressures <0.20 GPa exhibit significantly lower T x values than eHDA0.2 and eHDA0.3. We rationalize our findings with the presence of nanoscaled low-density amorphous ice (LDA) seeds that nucleate in eHDA when it is decompressed to pressures <0.20 GPa at 140 K. Below ~0.17 GPa, these nanosized LDA domains are latent within the HDA matrix, exhibiting no effect on T x of eHDA<0.2. Upon heating at pressures ⩾0.17 GPa, these nanosized LDA nuclei transform to ice IX nuclei. They are favored sites for crystallization and, hence, lower T x . By comparing crystallization experiments of bulk LDA with the ones involving nanosized LDA we are able to estimate the Laplace pressure and radius of ~0.3-0.8 nm for the nanodomains of LDA. The nucleation of LDA in eHDA revealed here is evidence for the first-order-like nature of the HDA → LDA transition, supporting water's liquid-liquid transition scenarios.
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- Christina M Tonauer
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Swenson J. Possible relations between supercooled and glassy confined water and amorphous bulk ice. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:30095-30103. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05688a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A proposed relaxation scenario of bulk water based on studies of confined water and low density amorphous ice.
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- Jan Swenson
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology
- SE-412 96 Göteborg
- Sweden
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Supercooled and glassy water: Metastable liquid(s), amorphous solid(s), and a no-man's land. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:13336-13344. [PMID: 29133419 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1700103114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We review the recent research on supercooled and glassy water, focusing on the possible origins of its complex behavior. We stress the central role played by the strong directionality of the water-water interaction and by the competition between local energy, local entropy, and local density. In this context we discuss the phenomenon of polyamorphism (i.e., the existence of more than one disordered solid state), emphasizing both the role of the preparation protocols and the transformation between the different disordered ices. Finally, we present the ongoing debate on the possibility of linking polyamorphism with a liquid-liquid transition that could take place in the no-man's land, the temperature-pressure window in which homogeneous nucleation prevents the investigation of water in its metastable liquid form.
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Perakis F, Amann-Winkel K, Lehmkühler F, Sprung M, Mariedahl D, Sellberg JA, Pathak H, Späh A, Cavalca F, Schlesinger D, Ricci A, Jain A, Massani B, Aubree F, Benmore CJ, Loerting T, Grübel G, Pettersson LGM, Nilsson A. Diffusive dynamics during the high-to-low density transition in amorphous ice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:8193-8198. [PMID: 28652327 PMCID: PMC5547632 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705303114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Water exists in high- and low-density amorphous ice forms (HDA and LDA), which could correspond to the glassy states of high- (HDL) and low-density liquid (LDL) in the metastable part of the phase diagram. However, the nature of both the glass transition and the high-to-low-density transition are debated and new experimental evidence is needed. Here we combine wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) with X-ray photon-correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) in the small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) geometry to probe both the structural and dynamical properties during the high-to-low-density transition in amorphous ice at 1 bar. By analyzing the structure factor and the radial distribution function, the coexistence of two structurally distinct domains is observed at T = 125 K. XPCS probes the dynamics in momentum space, which in the SAXS geometry reflects structural relaxation on the nanometer length scale. The dynamics of HDA are characterized by a slow component with a large time constant, arising from viscoelastic relaxation and stress release from nanometer-sized heterogeneities. Above 110 K a faster, strongly temperature-dependent component appears, with momentum transfer dependence pointing toward nanoscale diffusion. This dynamical component slows down after transition into the low-density form at 130 K, but remains diffusive. The diffusive character of both the high- and low-density forms is discussed among different interpretations and the results are most consistent with the hypothesis of a liquid-liquid transition in the ultraviscous regime.
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- Fivos Perakis
- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Biomedical and X-ray Physics, Department of Applied Physics, AlbaNova University Center, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden;
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Xu Y, Petrik NG, Smith RS, Kay BD, Kimmel GA. Growth rate of crystalline ice and the diffusivity of supercooled water from 126 to 262 K. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:14921-14925. [PMID: 27956609 PMCID: PMC5206540 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611395114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Understanding deeply supercooled water is key to unraveling many of water's anomalous properties. However, developing this understanding has proven difficult due to rapid and uncontrolled crystallization. Using a pulsed-laser-heating technique, we measure the growth rate of crystalline ice, G(T), for 180 K < T < 262 K, that is, deep within water's "no man's land" in ultrahigh-vacuum conditions. Isothermal measurements of G(T) are also made for 126 K ≤ T ≤ 151 K. The self-diffusion of supercooled liquid water, D(T), is obtained from G(T) using the Wilson-Frenkel model of crystal growth. For T > 237 K and P ∼ 10-8 Pa, G(T) and D(T) have super-Arrhenius ("fragile") temperature dependences, but both cross over to Arrhenius ("strong") behavior with a large activation energy in no man's land. The fact that G(T) and D(T) are smoothly varying rules out the hypothesis that liquid water's properties have a singularity at or near 228 K at ambient pressures. However, the results are consistent with a previous prediction for D(T) that assumed no thermodynamic transitions occur in no man's land.
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- Yuntao Xu
- Chemical Physics & Analysis, Physical Sciences Division, Physical & Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Chemical Physics & Analysis, Physical Sciences Division, Physical & Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Chemical Physics & Analysis, Physical Sciences Division, Physical & Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Chemical Physics & Analysis, Physical Sciences Division, Physical & Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Chemical Physics & Analysis, Physical Sciences Division, Physical & Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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