Fast crystal growth of ice VII owing to the decoupling of translational and rotational ordering

X Zhang, Y Yao, H Li, A Python, K Mochizuki - Communications Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the abundance of water's crystalline polymorphs, the growth mechanisms of most
ice forms remain poorly understood. This study applies extensive molecular dynamics (MD) …

Electrolyte Permeability in Plastic Ice VII

F Martelli - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
Deep brines in water-rich planets form when electrolytes diffuse from the rocky interior
through layers of thick dense ice such as ice VII and the hypothesized plastic ice VII. We …

Structural phase transition in NH₄F under extreme pressure conditions

U Ranieri, C Bellin, LJ Conway, R Gaal… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Ammonium fluoride (NH₄F) exhibits a variety of crystalline phases depending on
temperature and pressure. By employing Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray …

Orientational Disorder Drives Site Disorder in Plastic Ammonia Hemihydrate

N Avallone, S Huppert, P Depondt… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
In the 2–10 GPa pressure range, ammonia hemihydrate H 2 O:(NH 3) 2 (AHH) is a
molecular solid in which intermolecular interactions are ruled by distinct types of hydrogen …

Low-temperature dynamics of water confined in unidirectional hydrophilic zeolite nanopores

M Rescigno, M Lucioli, FG Alabarse… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The dynamical properties of water molecules confined in the unidirectional hydrophilic
nanopores of AlPO4-54 are investigated with quasi-elastic neutron scattering as a function …

High pressure–temperature phase diagram of ammonia hemihydrate

L Andriambariarijaona, F Datchi, H Zhang, K Béneut… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We report a comprehensive experimental investigation of the phase diagram of ammonia
hemihydrate (AHH) in the range of 2–30 GPa and 300–700 K, based on Raman …

Equation of state of ammonia dihydrate up to 112 GPa by static and dynamic compression experiments in diamond anvil cells

A Mondal, RJ Husband, HP Liermann… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Understanding the high-pressure behavior of ammonia hydrates is relevant for modeling the
interior of solar and extrasolar icy bodies. We present here the results of high-pressure x-ray …

Complexities in the structural evolution with pressure of water–ammonia mixtures

S Berni, D Scelta, S Fanetti, R Bini - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The structural evolution with pressure of icy mixtures of simple molecules is a poorly
explored field despite the fundamental role they play in setting the properties of the crustal …

Hydrogen dynamics in solids: quantum diffusion and plastic phase transition in hydrates under pressure

N Avallone - 2023 - theses.hal.science
Atomic-scale simulations of ammonia hydrates pose major theoretical and numerical
challenges for several reasons. The description of disordered and/or frustrated systems …