Lifshitz interaction can promote ice growth at water-silica interfaces

• Main Authors: Boström, Mathias, Malyi, Oleksandr I., Parashar, Prachi, Shajesh, K. V., Thiyam, Priyadarshini, Milton, Kimball A., Persson, Clas, Parsons, Drew F., Brevik, Iver
• 其他作者: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2017
• 主題: Lifshitz interaction; Water-silica interfaces
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83575; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43552

At air-water interfaces, the Lifshitz interaction by itself does not promote ice growth. On the contrary, we find that the Lifshitz force promotes the growth of an ice film, up to 1–8 nm thickness, near silica-water interfaces at the triple point of water. This is achieved in a system where the comb...