Archive for April, 2009

  • Molecular polarization on a polar liquid interface: the structure of a water surface

    Molecular polarization on a polar liquid interface: the structure of a water surface

    The orientations of water molecules within the liquid depend on interplay of long-range dipole-dipole interaction and short range hydrogen-bonding interactions. At room temperature water is in paraelectric (disordered) phase and thus average dipole moment of any large enough fraction of the liquid vanishes. This observation...

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