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A common supersolid low-density skin sliperizing ice and toughening water surface

Chemical Physics 2014-09-26 v1 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

Skins of water and ice share the same attribute of supersolidity characterized by the identical H-O vibration frequency of 3450 cm-1. Molecular undercoordination and inter-electron-pair repulsion shortens the H-O bond and lengthen the O:H nonbond, leading to a dual process of nonbonding electron polarization. This relaxation-polarization process enhances the dipole moment, elasticity,viscosity, thermal stability of these skins with 25% density loss, which is responsible for the hydrophobicity and toughness of water skin and for the slippery of ice.

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@article{arxiv.1408.3466,
  title  = {A common supersolid low-density skin sliperizing ice and toughening water surface},
  author = {Xi Zhang and Yongli Huang and Zengsheng Ma and Yichun Zhou and Weitao Zheng and Ji Zhou and Chang Q. Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.3466},
  year   = {2014}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1401.8045