Critical behavior of a water monolayer under hydrophobic confinement
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Critical behavior of a water monolayer under hydrophobic confinement
The properties of water can have a strong dependence on the confinement. Here, we consider a water monolayer nanoconfined between hydrophobic parallel walls under conditions that prevent its crystallization. We investigate, by simulations of a many-body coarse-grained water model, how the properties of the liquid are affected by the confinement. We show, by studying the response functions and t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep04440