Understanding nanocellulose–water interactions: Turning a detriment into an asset

L Solhi, V Guccini, K Heise, I Solala… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Modern technology has enabled the isolation of nanocellulose from plant-based fibers, and
the current trend focuses on utilizing nanocellulose in a broad range of sustainable …

How water's properties are encoded in its molecular structure and energies

E Brini, CJ Fennell, M Fernandez-Serra… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
How are water's material properties encoded within the structure of the water molecule? This
is pertinent to understanding Earth's living systems, its materials, its geochemistry and …

Nanosecond X-ray diffraction of shock-compressed superionic water ice

M Millot, F Coppari, JR Rygg, A Correa Barrios… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Since Bridgman's discovery of five solid water (H2O) ice phases in 1912, studies on the
extraordinary polymorphism of H2O have documented more than seventeen crystalline and …

Signatures of a liquid–liquid transition in an ab initio deep neural network model for water

TE Gartner III, L Zhang, PM Piaggi… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The possible existence of a metastable liquid–liquid transition (LLT) and a corresponding
liquid–liquid critical point (LLCP) in supercooled liquid water remains a topic of much …

Plant xylem hydraulics: what we understand, current research, and future challenges

MD Venturas, JS Sperry… - Journal of integrative plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Herein we review the current state‐of‐the‐art of plant hydraulics in the context of plant
physiology, ecology, and evolution, focusing on current and future research opportunities …

Maxima in the thermodynamic response and correlation functions of deeply supercooled water

KH Kim, A Späh, H Pathak, F Perakis, D Mariedahl… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Femtosecond x-ray laser pulses were used to probe micrometer-sized water droplets that
were cooled down to 227 kelvin in vacuum. Isothermal compressibility and correlation length …

[HTML][HTML] The structural origin of anomalous properties of liquid water

A Nilsson, LGM Pettersson - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Water is unique in its number of unusual, often called anomalous, properties. When hot it is
a normal simple liquid; however, close to ambient temperatures properties, such as the …

How van der Waals interactions determine the unique properties of water

T Morawietz, A Singraber… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Whereas the interactions between water molecules are dominated by strongly directional
hydrogen bonds (HBs), it was recently proposed that relatively weak, isotropic van der …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid–liquid transition and polyamorphism

H Tanaka - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Two or more liquid states may exist even for single-component substances, which is known
as liquid polymorphism, and the transition between them is called liquid–liquid transition …

Water: A tale of two liquids

P Gallo, K Amann-Winkel, CA Angell… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Water is the most abundant liquid on earth and also the substance with the largest number
of anomalies in its properties. It is a prerequisite for life and as such a most important subject …