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NATURE
Volume 403, Issue 6767, Pages 283-286Publisher
MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD
DOI: 10.1038/35002027
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As with most liquids, it is possible to supercool(1-4) water; this generally involves cooling the liquid below its melting temperature I(avoiding crystallization) until it eventually forms a glass. The viscosity and related relaxation times (tau) of glass-forming liquids typically show non-Arrhenius temperature (T) dependencies: Liquids with highly non-Arrhenius behaviour in the supercooled region are termed 'fragile', In contrast, liquids whose behaviour is close to the Arrhenius law (ln tau proportional to 1/T) are termed 'strong' (ref. 5). A unique 'fragile-strong' transition around 228 K has been proposed(6) for supercooled water; however, experimental studies of hulk supercooled water in this temperature range are generally hampered because crystallization occurs. Here we use broad-band dielectric spectroscopy to study the relaxation dynamics of supercooled water in a wide temperature range, including the usually inaccessible temperature region. This is possible because the supercooled water is held within a layered vermiculite clay-the geometrical confinement and presence of intercalated sodium ions prevent(7) most of the water from crystallizing. We find a relaxational process with an Arrhenius temperature dependence, consistent with the proposed strong nature of deeply supercooled bulk water. Because water that is less supercooled has been established(6) as highly fragile, our results support the existence of a fragile-strong transition.
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