2013/04/22 by Hu Qiu, Wanlin Guo
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Computational chemistry #Condensed matter physics #Electric field #Field (mathematics) #Geometry #Hydrogen bond #Liquid water #Material Dynamics and Properties #Materials science #Molecular dynamics #Molecule #Monolayer #Nanotechnology #Perpendicular #Physics #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #Thermodynamics #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions #physics.chem-ph #physics.flu-dyn
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.110.195701
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 195701 (2013)
arxiv created 2013/04/22 · openalex publication_date 2013/05/06 · arxiv updated 2013/05/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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.