DOI: 10.1063/1.3613672. Temperature dependence of ice critical nucleus size

Temperature dependence of ice critical nucleus size

10.1063/1.3613672

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Abstract

We present a molecular dynamics study of ice growth from supercooled water. By performing a series of simulations with different initial conditions, we have quantitative established the relationship existing between the critical nucleus size and the temperature. The results show that ice embryos containing hundreds or thousands of molecules are needed for the system to crystallize macroscopically, even at high degrees of supercooling. Our findings explain the difficulty in observing spontaneous ice nucleation in atomistic simulations and the relative ease with which water droplets can be supercooled under controlled experiments.

Bibliography

Pereyra, R. G., Szleifer, I., & Carignano, M. A. (2011). Temperature dependence of ice critical nucleus size. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 135(3).

Authors 3

Rodolfo G. Pereyra (first)
Igal Szleifer (additional)
Marcelo A. Carignano (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	14 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 2011, 6:18 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 1 month ago (June 25, 2023, 6:34 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 1 day ago (July 30, 2025, 6:57 a.m.)
Issued	14 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 2011)
Published	14 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 2011)
Published Online	14 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 2011)
Published Print	14 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 2011)

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BibTeX

@article{Pereyra_2011, title={Temperature dependence of ice critical nucleus size}, volume={135}, ISSN={1089-7690}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3613672}, DOI={10.1063/1.3613672}, number={3}, journal={The Journal of Chemical Physics}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Pereyra, Rodolfo G. and Szleifer, Igal and Carignano, Marcelo A.}, year={2011}, month=jul }

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