Water confined in nanopores: spontaneous formation of microcavities

Details Water confined in nanopores: spontaneous formation of microcavities Water confined in nanopores: spontaneous formation of microcavities

2007-05-16

arxiv.org/abs/0705.2348v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.195403

Molecular Dynamics simulations of water confined in nanometer sized, hydrophobic channels show that water forms localized cavities for pore diameter ~ 2.0 nm. The cavities present non-spherical shape and lay preferentially adjacent to the confining wall inducing a peculiar form to the liquid exposed surface. The regime of localized cavitation appears to be correlated with the formation of a vapor layer, as predicted by the Lum-Chandler-Weeks theory, implying partial filling of the pore.

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