Premelting-Induced Smoothening of the Ice-Vapor Interface
Soft Condensed Matter
2016-09-07 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We perform computer simulations of the quasiliquid layer of ice formed at the ice-vapor interface close to the ice Ih-liquid-vapor triple point of water. Our study shows that the two distinct surfaces bounding the film behave at small wavelengths as atomically rough and independent ice-water and water-vapor interfaces. For long wavelengths, however, the two surfaces couple, large scale parallel fluctuations are inhibited, and the ice-vapor interface becomes smooth. Our results could help explain the complex morphology of ice crystallites.
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@article{arxiv.1609.01439,
title = {Premelting-Induced Smoothening of the Ice-Vapor Interface},
author = {Jorge Benet and Pablo Llombart and Eduardo Sanz and Luis G. MacDowell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.01439},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
postprint plus supplemental material with details on simulation and theory