Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: Monte Carlo simulations of hydration water on the mica (001) surface under ambient conditions revealed water molecules bound closely to the ditrigonal cavities in the surface, with a lateral distribution of approximately one per cavity, and water molecules (interposed between K+ counter ions) in a layer situated about 2.5 A from a surface O along a direction normal to the (001) plane. The calculated water O density profile was in quantitative agreement with recent x-ray reflectivity measurements indicating strong lateral ordering of the hydration water but liquidlike disorder otherwise.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Sung-Ho Park, Garrison Sposito
Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Language: English
Subfield: Biophysics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2061408779