Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 035503 (2004) [4 pages]Anomalously Soft Dynamics of Water in a Nanotube: A Revelation of Nanoscale Confinement
Quasi-one-dimensional water encapsulated inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, here referred to as nanotube water, was studied by neutron scattering. The results reveal an anomalously soft dynamics characterized by pliable hydrogen bonds, anharmonic intermolecular potentials, and large-amplitude motions in nanotube water. Molecular dynamics simulations consistently describe the observed phenomena and propose the structure of nanotube water, which comprises a square-ice sheet wrapped into a cylinder inside the carbon nanotube and interior molecules in a chainlike configuration. © 2004 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.035503
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.035503
PACS:
63.22.+m, 61.12.–q, 61.46.+w
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