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演 題 「Molecular insight into nucleation behavior of supercooled water on surfaces」
日 時 2017年05月18日(木) 16:00 より 17:00 まで
講演者 Prof. Jayant K. Singh
(Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur)
場 所

分子科学研究所 南実験棟4階 408号室(通常の会場と異なります)

概 要

Ice nucleation in presence of atmospheric aerosols is of great significance to Earth's climate, biological phenomena, and many research fields [1-2]. Atmospheric aerosols such as sea-salt, mineral dust, volcanic dust, soot, or some organics generally play a vital role in the formation of ice particles in the atmosphere [3].
Therefore, understanding the relevance between nucleation processes and the structure at the solid-liquid interfaces is important for studying heterogeneous nucleation. There are several experimental as well as theoretical works of heterogeneous nucleation reports the vast range of ice nucleation in the presence of atmospheric particles. [3] However, there are numerous questions related to nucleation behavior from solutions on a solid surface that are not yet addressed.

In this talk, I will present a summary of our efforts [4-5] to understand the effect of wetting states on the nucleation of supercooled water using molecular simulations. In particular, I will attempt to address the following questions: Why superhydrophobic surfaces are not always ice-phobic?  Does surface promoting nucleation invariable indicates higher adhesion? Does the presence of nanoparticle in supercooled water suppresses or enhances the nucleation rate of ice on surfaces?

References
1. Abbatt, J.; Benz, S.; Cziczo, D.; Kanji, Z.; Lohmann, U.; Möhler, O. Science 2006, 313, 1770.
2. Zhang, R.; Li, G.; Fan, J.; Wu, D. L.; Molina, M. J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2007, 104, 5295.
3. Murray, B. J.; O’Sullivan, D.; Atkinson, J. D.; Webb, M. E. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 6519.
4. Metya, A; Singh JK; Müller-Plathe F, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 26796  5. Singh JK; Müller-Plathe F, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 104, 021603.

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問い合わせ先:斉藤 真司