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One-Dimensional Glassy Behavior of Ultraconfined Water Strings

by Paul Ben Ishai, Michelle K Kidder, Alexander I Kolesnikov, Lawrence M Anovitz
Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Publication Date
Page Numbers
7798 to 7804
Volume
11
Issue
11

Water is renowned for its anomalous behaviors, which can be linked to a distributed H-bond network in bulk water. Ultraconfinement of the water molecule can remove H-bonding, leaving only molecular water. In natural cordierite crystals, water is trapped in an orthorhombic channel with an average diameter of 5.7 Å, running through the center of the unit cell parallel to the c-axis. Calorimetric measurements reveal the existence of a one-dimensional (1D) glass linked to this water. In these channels, water molecules in truncated, sparse 1D strings interact only via dipole–dipole correlations. A physical 1D glass is formed from these strings. This unusual state can be explained by a modified Ising model. This model predicts a dependence of the glass transition temperature, Tg, on the size of these domains. This is confirmed experimentally.