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Accordino SR, Alarcón LM, Loubet NA, Appignanesi GA. Water at the nanoscale: From filling or dewetting hydrophobic pores and carbon nanotubes to "sliding" on graphene. J Chem Phys 2024; 161:044504. [PMID: 39037145 DOI: 10.1063/5.0215579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024] Open
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In this work, we study the effect of nanoconfinement on the hydration properties of model hydrophobic pores and carbon nanotubes, determining their wetting propensity and the conditions for geometrically induced dehydration. By employing a recently introduced water structural index, we aim at two main goals: (1) to accurately quantify the local hydrophobicity and predict the drying transitions in such systems, and (2) to provide a molecular rationalization of the wetting process. In this sense, we will further discuss the number and strength of the interactions required by the water molecules to promote wetting. In the case of graphene-like surfaces, an explanation for their unexpectedly significant hydrophilicity will also be provided. On the one hand, the structural index will show that the net attraction to the dense carbon network that a water molecule experiences through several simultaneous weak interactions is sufficient to give rise to hydrophilic behavior. On the other hand, we will show that an additional effect is also at play: the hydrating water molecule is retained on the surface by a smooth exchange of such simultaneous weak interactions, as if "sliding" on graphene.
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- Sebastián R Accordino
- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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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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- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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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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Verde AR, Alarcón LM, Appignanesi GA. Correlations between defect propensity and dynamical heterogeneities in supercooled water. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:114502. [PMID: 36948825 DOI: 10.1063/5.0139118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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A salient feature of supercooled liquids consists in the dramatic dynamical slowdown they undergo as temperature decreases while no significant structural change is evident. These systems also present dynamical heterogeneities (DH): certain molecules, spatially arranged in clusters, relax various orders of magnitude faster than the others. However, again, no static quantity (such as structural or energetic measures) shows strong direct correlations with such fast-moving molecules. In turn, the dynamic propensity approach, an indirect measure that quantifies the tendency of the molecules to move in a given structural configuration, has revealed that dynamical constraints, indeed, originate from the initial structure. Nevertheless, this approach is not able to elicit which structural quantity is, in fact, responsible for such a behavior. In an effort to remove dynamics from its definition in favor of a static quantity, an energy-based propensity has also been developed for supercooled water, but it could only find positive correlations between the lowest-energy and the least-mobile molecules, while no correlations could be found for those more relevant mobile molecules involved in the DH clusters responsible for the system's structural relaxation. Thus, in this work, we shall define a defect propensity measure based on a recently introduced structural index that accurately characterizes water structural defects. We shall show that this defect propensity measure provides positive correlations with dynamic propensity, being also able to account for the fast-moving molecules responsible for the structural relaxation. Moreover, time dependent correlations will show that defect propensity represents an appropriate early-time predictor of the long-time dynamical heterogeneity.
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- Alejandro R Verde
- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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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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- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Gao Y, Fang H, Ni K, Feng Y. Water clusters and density fluctuations in liquid water based on extended hierarchical clustering methods. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8036. [PMID: 35577839 PMCID: PMC9110331 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11947-6] [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] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The microscopic structures of liquid water at ambient temperatures remain a hot debate, which relates with structural and density fluctuations in the hydrogen bond network. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations of liquid water to study the properties of three-dimensional cage-like water clusters, which we investigate using extended graph-based hierarchical clustering methods. The water clusters can cover over 95% of hydrogen bond network, among which some clusters maximally encompass thousands of molecules extending beyond 3.0 nm. The clusters imply fractal behaviors forming percolating networks and the morphologies of small and large clusters show different scaling rules. The local favored clusters and the preferred connections between adjacent clusters correspond to lower energy and conformational entropy depending on cluster topologies. Temperature can destroy large clusters into small ones. We show further that the interior of clusters favors high-density patches. The water molecules in the small clusters, inside which are the void regarded as hydrophobic objects, have a preference for being more tetrahedral. Our results highlight the properties and changes of water clusters as the fundamental building blocks of hydrogen bond networks. In addition, the water clusters can elucidate structural and density fluctuations on different length scales in liquid water.
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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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Gao Y, Fang H, Ni K. A hierarchical clustering method of hydrogen bond networks in liquid water undergoing shear flow. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9542. [PMID: 33953246 PMCID: PMC8100111 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88810-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Many properties of water, such as turbulent flow, are closely related to water clusters, whereas how water clusters form and transform in bulk water remains unclear. A hierarchical clustering method is introduced to search out water clusters in hydrogen bonded network based on modified Louvain algorithm of graph community. Hydrogen bonds, rings and fragments are considered as 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-level structures, respectively. The distribution, dynamics and structural characteristics of 4th- and 5th-level clusters undergoing non-shear- and shear-driven flow are also analyzed at various temperatures. At low temperatures, nearly 50% of water molecules are included in clusters. Over 60% of clusters remain unchanged between neighboring configurations. Obvious collective translational motion of clusters is observed. The topological difference for clusters is elucidated between the inner layer, which favors 6-membered rings, and the external surface layer, which contains more 5-membered rings. Temperature and shearing can not only accelerate the transformation or destruction of clusters at all levels but also change cluster structures. The assembly of large clusters can be used to discretize continuous liquid water to elucidate the properties of liquid water.
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- Yitian Gao
- grid.12527.330000 0001 0662 3178State Key Laboratory of Hydro-Science and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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- grid.12527.330000 0001 0662 3178State Key Laboratory of Hydro-Science and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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- grid.12527.330000 0001 0662 3178State Key Laboratory of Hydro-Science and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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Verde AR, de Oca JMM, Accordino SR, Alarcón LM, Appignanesi GA. Structural aspects of an energy-based water classification index and the structure-dynamics link in glassy relaxation. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2021; 44:47. [PMID: 33783648 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00057-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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An energy-based structural indicator for water, [Formula: see text], has been recently introduced by our group. In turn, in this work we aim at: (1) demonstrating that [Formula: see text] is indeed able to correctly classify water molecules between locally structured tetrahedral (T) and locally distorted (D) ones, circumventing the usual problem of certain previous indicators of overestimating the distorted state; (2) correlating [Formula: see text] with dynamic propensity, a measure of the molecular mobility tendency, in order to seek for the existence of a connection between structure and dynamics within the supercooled regime. More specifically, in the first part of this work we will show that [Formula: see text] accurately discriminates between merely thermally deformed local molecular arrangements and truly distorted molecules (defects). This fact will be made evident not only from radial distribution function results but also from the dynamic propensity distributions of the different kinds of molecules. In turn, we shall devote the second part of this work to finding correlations between T and D molecules with low- and high-dynamic-propensity molecules, respectively, thus revealing the existence of a link between local structure and dynamics, while also making evident the dominant role of the D molecules (defects) in the structural relaxation. Moreover, the availability of a proper molecular classification technique will enable us to study the timescale of such influence of structure on dynamics by defining a modified dynamic propensity measure and by applying it to the structured and unstructured water molecular states.
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- Alejandro R Verde
- Departamento de Química, INQUISUR, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química, INQUISUR, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Departamento de Química, INQUISUR, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química, INQUISUR, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química, INQUISUR, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
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Montes de Oca JM, Sciortino F, Appignanesi GA. A structural indicator for water built upon potential energy considerations. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:244503. [PMID: 32610982 DOI: 10.1063/5.0010895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We introduce a parameter-free structural indicator to classify local environments of water molecules in stable and supercooled liquid states, which reveals a clear two-peak distribution of local properties. The majority of molecules are tetrahedrally coordinated (T molecules), via low-energy hydrogen bonds. The minority component, whose relative concentration decreases with a decrease in the temperature at constant pressure, is characterized by prevalently three-coordinated molecules, giving rise to a distorted local network around them (D molecules). The inter-conversion between T and D molecules explains the increasing specific heat at constant pressure on cooling. The local structure around a T molecule resembles the one found experimentally in low-density amorphous ice (a network structure mostly composed by T molecules), while the local structure around a D molecule is reminiscent of the structural properties of high-density amorphous ice (a network structure composed by a mixture of T and D molecules).
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- Joan M Montes de Oca
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, Roma 00185, Italy
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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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Montes de Oca JM, Accordino SR, Verde AR, Alarcón LM, Appignanesi GA. Structural features of high-local-density water molecules: Insights from structure indicators based on the translational order between the first two molecular shells. Phys Rev E 2019; 99:062601. [PMID: 31330696 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.99.062601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The two-liquids scenario for liquid water assumes the existence of two competing preferential local molecular structural states characterized by either low or high local density. While the former is expected to present good local order thus involving privileged structures, the latter is usually regarded as conforming a high-entropy unstructured state. A main difference in the local arrangement of such "classes" of water molecules can be inferred from the degree of translational order between the first and second molecular shells. This is so, since the low-local-density molecules present a clear gap between the first two shells while in the case of the high-local-density ones, one or more molecules from the second shell have collapsed toward the first one, thus populating the intershell region. Some structural indicators, like the widely employed local structure index and the recently introduced ζ index, have been devised precisely on the basis of this observation, being successful in detecting well-structured low-local-density molecules. However, the nature of the high-local-density state has been mainly disregarded over the years. In this work we employ molecular dynamics simulations for two water models (the extended simple point charge model and the five-site model) at the liquid and supercooled regimes combined with the inherent dynamics approach (energy minimizations of the instantaneous configurations) in order to both rationalize the detailed structural and topological information that these indicators provide and to advance in our understanding of the high-density state.
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- Joan Manuel Montes de Oca
- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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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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- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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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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- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Verde AR, Montes de Oca JM, Accordino SR, Alarcón LM, Appignanesi GA. Comparing the performance of two structural indicators for different water models while seeking for connections between structure and dynamics in the glassy regime. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:244504. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5108796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Alejandro R. Verde
- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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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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- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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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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- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Montes de Oca JM, Accordino SR, Appignanesi GA, Handle PH, Sciortino F. Size dependence of dynamic fluctuations in liquid and supercooled water. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:144505. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5085886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Joan Manuel Montes de Oca
- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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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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- INQUISUR, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)-CONICET, Avenida Alem 1253, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita’ di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 5, Roma 00185, Italy
- CNR-ISC, c/o Sapienza, Piazzale A. Moro 5, Roma 00185, Italy
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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
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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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- Rui Shi
- Department of Fundamental Engineering, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Department of Fundamental Engineering, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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Reddy SK, Moberg DR, Straight SC, Paesani F. Temperature-dependent vibrational spectra and structure of liquid water from classical and quantum simulations with the MB-pol potential energy function. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:244504. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5006480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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- Sandeep K. Reddy
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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