Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 90, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.158301
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- NCRR NIH HHS [P41 RR006009] Funding Source: Medline
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We employ two-body and three-body bond-orientational order-parameters, in conjunction with non-Boltzmann sampling to calculate the free energy barrier to nucleation of crystalline phases of water. We find that, as the coupling between the successive peaks of the direct correlation function increases, the free energy barrier to nucleation decreases. On this basis we explain the important parameters that govern the nucleation rate involving crystalline phases of water in different homogeneous and inhomogeneous environments, giving a unified picture of ice nucleation in water.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available