TY - JOUR
T1 - Anomalously soft dynamics of water in a nanotube
T2 - a revelation of nanoscale confinement
AU - Kolesnikov, Alexander I.
AU - Zanotti, Jean Marc
AU - Loong, Chun Keung
AU - Thiyagarajan, Pappannan
AU - Moravsky, Alexander P.
AU - Loutfy, Raouf O.
AU - Burnham, Christian J.
PY - 2004/7/16
Y1 - 2004/7/16
N2 - Quasi-one-dimensional water encapsulated inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, here referred to as nanotube water, was studied by neutron scattering. The results reveal an anomalously soft dynamics characterized by pliable hydrogen bonds, anharmonic intermolecular potentials, and large-amplitude motions in nanotube water. Molecular dynamics simulations consistently describe the observed phenomena and propose the structure of nanotube water, which comprises a square-ice sheet wrapped into a cylinder inside the carbon nanotube and interior molecules in a chainlike configuration.
AB - Quasi-one-dimensional water encapsulated inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, here referred to as nanotube water, was studied by neutron scattering. The results reveal an anomalously soft dynamics characterized by pliable hydrogen bonds, anharmonic intermolecular potentials, and large-amplitude motions in nanotube water. Molecular dynamics simulations consistently describe the observed phenomena and propose the structure of nanotube water, which comprises a square-ice sheet wrapped into a cylinder inside the carbon nanotube and interior molecules in a chainlike configuration.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15323833
AN - SCOPUS:4344621715
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 93
SP - 35503
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 3
ER -