Liquid Water Structure and Dynamics
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 381
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2. Optical Sciences Group, Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Interests: water; electrohydrodynamic liquid bridging; spectroscopy; proton conduction; the floating water bridge
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Dear Colleagues,
Water is undoubtedly the most important chemical substance on Earth. Despite this, and in spite of the fact that it is practically ubiquitous, it still represents one of the best explored and yet least understood substances, as its so-called anomalies are famous. Many attempts have been made to measure or calculate the structure of water beyond the H2O molecule. This is a difficult task due to the hydrogen bond network which can be formed by two or more water molecules. The hydrogen bonds in liquid water are a primarily electrostatic attraction between one hydrogen atom covalently bound to the more electronegative oxygen, and the oxygen atom of a neighboring water molecule bearing a lone pair of electrons acting as the hydrogen-bond acceptor. These bonds are characterized by a binding energy of about 21 kJ/mol, depending on the type of strength of interaction and the local geometry, and a lifetime in the picosecond range. The structure and dynamics of their network is responsible for many of water’s physical and chemical properties.
In this Special Issue we welcome any experimental or theoretical work that provides new advances in the understanding of the molecular structure and dynamics of liquid water and the hydrogen bond network. Special emphasis will be given to innovative methodologies, novel experimental approaches, and to results with broad scientific relevance and impact.
Dr. Elmar C. Fuchs
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water structure
- hydrogen bond
- water dynamics
- hydrogen bond network
- water properties
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