The surface of ice exhibits the swath of phase-transition phenomena common to all
materials and as such it acts as an ideal test bed of both theory and experiment. It is readily …

Snow in the environment acts as a host to rich chemistry and provides a matrix for physical
exchange of contaminants within the ecosystem. The goal of this review is to summarise the …

The advantages of superhydrophobic coatings as a new method for protection against
atmospheric icing are considered. The basic physicochemical mechanisms determining the …

When the free surfaces of most solids approach their bulk melting temperatures from below,
the molecular structure of the material gives way to a disordered structure with some …

A review of the structure and some properties of condensed phases of water is given. Since
the discovery of the polymorphism of crystalline ice (beginning of the twentieth century), 15 …

Water-solid interfaces play important roles across a broad range of scientific and application
fields. In the past decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has significantly deepened our …

In this review, we summarize the available experimental data from recently developed
molecular level techniques on the surface structure, surface premelting layer thickness, and …

The physical behavior of condensed matter can be drastically altered in the presence of
interfaces. Using a high-energy x-ray transmission-reflection scheme, we have studied ice …

A dramatic transition in the mechanical properties of water is observed at the nanometer
scale. For a water meniscus formed between two hydrophilic surfaces in the attractive …

The viscous properties of nanoscopically confined water are important when hydrated
surfaces in close contact are sheared against each other. Numerous experiments have …