Advances in the study of supercooled water

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Gallo, Paola ^[1] ; Bachler, Johannes ^[2] ; Bove, Livia E. ^{[3, 4]} ; Boehmer, Roland ^[5] ; Camisasca, Gaia ^[1] ; Coronas, Luis E. ^{[6, 7]} ; Corti, Horacio R. ^[8] ; Ribeiro, Ingrid de Almeida ^[9] ; de Koning, Maurice ^{[9, 10]} ; Franzese, Giancarlo ^{[6, 7]} ; Fuentes-Landete, Violeta ^[2] ; Gainaru, Catalin ^[5] ; Loerting, Thomas ^[2] ; Montes de Oca, Joan Manuel ^[11] ; Poole, Peter H. ^[12] ; Rovere, Mauro ^[1] ; Sciortino, Francesco ^[3] ; Tonauer, Christina M. ^[2] ; Appignanesi, Gustavo A. ^[13]

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^[1] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, Via Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Rome - Italy

^[2] Univ Innsbruck, Inst Phys Chem, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck - Austria

^[3] Sapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Fis, Piazzale A Moro 5, I-00185 Rome - Italy

^[4] Sorbonne Univ, CNRS, UMR 7590, IMPMC, F-75005 Paris - France

^[5] Tech Univ Dortmund, Fak Phys, D-44221 Dortmund - Germany

^[6] Univ Barcelona, Dept Fis Mat Condensada, Seccio Fis Estadist & Interdisciplinaria, C Marti & Franques 1, Barcelona 08028 - Spain

^[7] Univ Barcelona, Inst Nanociencia & Nanotecnol IN2UB, C Marti & Franques 1, Barcelona 08028 - Spain

^[8] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Ctr Atom Constituyentes, Dept Fis Mat Condensada, B1650LWP, Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

^[9] Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, Inst Fis Gleb Wataghin, BR-13083859 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[10] Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, Ctr Comp Engn & Sci, BR-13083861 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[11] Univ Chicago, Pritzker Sch Mol Engn, Chicago, IL 60637 - USA

^[12] St Francis Xavier Univ, Dept Phys, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 - Canada

^[13] Univ Nacl Sur UNS, CONICET, Dept Quim, INQUISUR, Ave Alem 1253, RA-8000 Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires - Argentina

• Document type: Review article
• Source: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E; v. 44, n. 11 NOV 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

In this review, we report recent progress in the field of supercooled water. Due to its uniqueness, water presents numerous anomalies with respect to most simple liquids, showing polyamorphism both in the liquid and in the glassy state. We first describe the thermodynamic scenarios hypothesized for the supercooled region and in particular among them the liquid-liquid critical point scenario that has so far received more experimental evidence. We then review the most recent structural indicators, the two-state model picture of water, and the importance of cooperative effects related to the fact that water is a hydrogen-bonded network liquid. We show throughout the review that water's peculiar properties come into play also when water is in solution, confined, and close to biological molecules. Concerning dynamics, upon mild supercooling water behaves as a fragile glass former following the mode coupling theory, and it turns into a strong glass former upon further cooling. Connections between the slow dynamics and the thermodynamics are discussed. The translational relaxation times of density fluctuations show in fact the fragile-to-strong crossover connected to the thermodynamics arising from the existence of two liquids. When considering also rotations, additional crossovers come to play. Mobility-viscosity decoupling is also discussed in supercooled water and aqueous solutions. Finally, the polyamorphism of glassy water is considered through experimental and simulation results both in bulk and in salty aqueous solutions. Grains and grain boundaries are also discussed. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/08293-7 - CCES - Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences
• Grantee: Munir Salomao Skaf
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC
• FAPESP's process: 16/23891-6 - Computer modeling of condensed matter
• Grantee: Alex Antonelli
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants