polar liquid Archive

  • The manuscript entitled “Experimental evidence of the ferroelectric phase transition near the $λ-$point in liquid water” has just been accepted to JETP Letters (Russian Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics...

    Experimental evidence of the ferroelectric phase transition near the $λ-$point in liquid water

    The manuscript entitled “Experimental evidence of the ferroelectric phase transition near the $λ-$point in liquid water” has just been accepted to JETP Letters (Russian Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics...

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  • We’ve been extensively involved in developing new and testing already existing methods for continuous electrostatics problems solution. Large part of the effort is building and understanding of the so called...

    Effects of the surface density on the stability of surface electrostatics models

    We’ve been extensively involved in developing new and testing already existing methods for continuous electrostatics problems solution. Large part of the effort is building and understanding of the so called...

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  • Water molecules interact strongly “using” both the long range dipole-dipole and short-range “hydrogen bonds” to form sophisticated networks. As described in our previous post, water molecules align along a hydrophobic...

    Water molecules alignments on a hydrophobic surface – I

    Water molecules interact strongly “using” both the long range dipole-dipole and short-range “hydrogen bonds” to form sophisticated networks. As described in our previous post, water molecules align along a hydrophobic...

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  • The true picture of the water  molecules ordering next to a hydrophobic surface or a liquid-gas interface is in fact more complicated than a model. Next to the interface both the water polarization and the density should vanish. To account for the density changes we incorporated the density variations into the free energy functional. The resulting model even though only in the mean field approximation reveals spontaneous liquid polarization at the liquid boundary. The spontaneous polarization of the liquid is the consequence of the dipole-dipole interactions and effectively makes the liquid interface behave as a ferro-electric film.

    Water polarization and density profiles at a gas-liquid interface

    The true picture of the water molecules ordering next to a hydrophobic surface or a liquid-gas interface is in fact more complicated than a model. Next to the interface both the water polarization and the density should vanish. To account for the density changes we incorporated the density variations into the free energy functional. The resulting model even though only in the mean field approximation reveals spontaneous liquid polarization at the liquid boundary. The spontaneous polarization of the liquid is the consequence of the dipole-dipole interactions and effectively makes the liquid interface behave as a ferro-electric film.

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  • P.O. Fedichev, L.I. Menshikov (Submitted on 7 Aug 2008 (v1), last revised 20 Dec 2009 (this version, v3)) We develop a series of approximations to calculate free energy of a...

    Ferro-electric phase transition in a polar liquid and the nature of \lambda-transition in supercooled water

    P.O. Fedichev, L.I. Menshikov (Submitted on 7 Aug 2008 (v1), last revised 20 Dec 2009 (this version, v3)) We develop a series of approximations to calculate free energy of a...

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