Role of confinement in water solidification under electric fields

doi:10.1007/s11467-015-0504-y

Frontiers of Physics

2015, Vol. 10

Issue (5): 106101 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-015-0504-y

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Role of confinement in water solidification under electric fields

Guo-Xi Nie¹,Yu Wang^2,^*(

),Ji-Ping Huang^3,^*(

)

1. Department of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
2. Department of Physics, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, China
3. Department of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

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Abstract：

In contrast to the common belief that confinement promotes water solidification, here we show by molecular dynamics simulations that confinement can impede water solidification under electric fields. The behavior is evidenced by the increase in critical electric field strength for water solidification as the confinement progresses. We also show that the solidification occurs more easily with a parallel field than a perpendicular one. We understand and generalize these results by developing an energy theory incorporated with the anisotropic Clausius−Mossotti equation. It is revealed that the underlying mechanism lies in the confinement effect on molecules’ electro-orientations. Thus, it becomes possible to achieve electro-freezing (i.e., room-temperature ice) by choosing both confinement and electric fields appropriately.

Key words： molecular dynamics simulations water electric fields confinement

收稿日期: 2015-07-15 出版日期: 2015-10-26

Corresponding Author(s): Yu Wang,Ji-Ping Huang

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. [J]. Frontiers of Physics, 2015, 10(5): 106101.
Guo-Xi Nie,Yu Wang,Ji-Ping Huang. Role of confinement in water solidification under electric fields. Front. Phys. , 2015, 10(5): 106101.

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