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
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Lifshitz interaction; Water-silica interfaces
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83575; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43552
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...