A common supersolid skin covering both water and ice

• Main Authors: Zhang, Xi, Huang, Yongli, Ma, Zengsheng, Zhou, Yichun, Zheng, Weitao, Zhou, Ji, Sun, Changqing
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103409; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24509
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Consistency in experimental observations, numerical calculations, and theoretical predictions have revealed that the skins of water and ice share the same attribute of supersolidity characterized by an identical H–O vibration frequency of 3450 cm−1. Molecular undercoordination and inter-electron-pai...