High-density liquid (HDL) adsorption at the supercooled water/vapor interface and its possible relation to the second surface tension inflection point

Author(s)
Alexander Gorfer, Christoph Dellago, Marcello Sega
Abstract

We investigate the properties of water along the liquid/vapor coexistence line in the supercooled regime down to the no-man's land. Extensive molecular dynamics simulations of the TIP4P/2005 liquid/vapor interface in the range 198-348 K allow us to locate the second surface tension inflection point with a high accuracy at 283 ± 5 K, close to the temperature of maximum density. This temperature also coincides with the appearance of a density anomaly at the interface known as the apophysis. We relate the emergence of the apophysis to the observation of high-density liquid (HDL) water adsorption in the proximity of the liquid/vapor interface.

Organisation(s)
Computational and Soft Matter Physics, Research Platform Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics
External organisation(s)
University College London
Journal
Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
158
No. of pages
7
ISSN
0021-9606
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0132985
Publication date
02-2023
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103015 Condensed matter, 103043 Computational physics, 103006 Chemical physics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
General Physics and Astronomy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/10b3409a-f9a4-48e7-8b87-49a0201748b3