Water molecule clusters confined to crystalline molecular nanopores (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Water molecule clusters confined to crystalline molecular nanopores

Caption

The left image shows a crystal structure of dynamic water molecule cluster like liquid at −20 °C in the supercooled water state revealed previously by X-ray structural analysis. The right image shows the crystal structure of water/ice molecule clusters at –90 ˚C in the premelting state. Red spheres indicate water regularly hydrogen-bonded to the oxygen atoms on the pore wall surface.

Credit

Professor Makoto Tadokoro from Tokyo University of Science, Japan Image link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c04573

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