Electromelting of Confined Monolayer Ice

Hu Qiu and Wanlin Guo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 195701 – Published 6 May 2013
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Abstract

In sharp contrast to the prevailing view that electric fields promote water freezing, here we show by molecular dynamics simulations that monolayer ice confined between two parallel plates can melt into liquid water under a perpendicularly applied electric field. The melting temperature of the monolayer ice decreases with the increasing strength of the external field due to the field-induced disruption of the water-wall interaction induced well-ordered network of the hydrogen bond. This electromelting process should add an important new ingredient to the physics of water.

  • Received 13 August 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.195701

© 2013 American Physical Society

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Hu Qiu and Wanlin Guo*

  • State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures and the Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of MOE, Institute of Nano Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

  • *wlguo@nuaa.edu.cn

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Vol. 110, Iss. 19 — 10 May 2013

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