ERC Advanced Grant · 2020
Is there “hidden” structure in normal liquid water? Do nanoscopic structural heterogeneities in ambient water exist and affect solution chemistry? In this project we will focus on structural fluctuations in simulations of liquid water as observed through the enhancement of the isothermal compressibility. From both experiment and theory a two-state picture of water is emerging with fluctuations between high- (HDL) and low-density (LDL) local structures. The structure of these is unknown. Moreover, present simulation models require a pressure shift of one thousand atmospheres to reproduce the experimental compressibility maximum at ambient pressure. We propose to develop a unique description…
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