Using Lifshitz theory, we assess the role of van der Waals forces at interfaces of ice and
water. The results are combined with measured structural forces from computer simulations …

Some organic pollutants in snowpacks undergo faster photodegradation than in solution.
One possible explanation for such effect is that their UV–visible absorption spectra are …

With an ever-increasing interest in water properties, many intermolecular force fields have
been proposed to describe the behavior of water. Unfortunately, good models for liquid …

Close to the triple point, the surface of ice is covered by a thin liquid layer (so-called quasi-
liquid layer) which crucially impacts growth and melting rates. Experimental probes cannot …

Hypothesis As a fluid approaches three phase coexistence, adsorption may take place by
the successive formation of two intervening wetting films. The equilibrium thickness of these …

We characterise the structural properties of the quasi-liquid layer (QLL) at two low-index ice
surfaces in the presence of sodium chloride (Na+/Cl−) ions by molecular dynamics …

Using molecular dynamics simulations and methods of importance sampling, we study the
thermodynamics and dynamics of sodium chloride in the aqueous premelting layer formed …

Although a thin meltwater layer that acts as lubricant attributes to the low friction on ice, there
still lacks analytical theories that can forecast the friction force on ice. Based on the evolution …

Using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate the process of grain-
boundary (GB) sliding in ice Ih. We focus on the∑ 35 symmetric tilt boundary, which has …

In this paper, we present an overview of crystal imperfections in ice Ih. Due to its molecular
nature, the fundamental asymmetry of the hydrogen bond, and proton disorder, crystal …