Following the Crystallization of Amorphous Ice after Ultrafast Laser HeatingShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B, ISSN 1520-6106, E-ISSN 1520-5207, Vol. 126, no 11, p. 2299-2307Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Using time-resolved wide-angle X-ray scattering, we investigated the early stages (10 μs–1 ms) of crystallization of supercooled water, obtained by the ultrafast heating of high- and low-density amorphous ice (HDA and LDA) up to a temperature T = 205 K ± 10 K. We have determined that the crystallizing phase is stacking disordered ice (Isd), with a maximum cubicity of χ = 0.6, in agreement with predictions from molecular dynamics simulations at similar temperatures. However, we note that a growing small portion of hexagonal ice (Ih) was also observed, suggesting that within our timeframe, Isd starts annealing into Ih. The onset of crystallization, in both amorphous ice, occurs at a similar temperature, but the observed final crystalline fraction in the LDA sample is considerably lower than that in the HDA sample. We attribute this discrepancy to the thickness difference between the two samples.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2022. Vol. 126, no 11, p. 2299-2307
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Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-348975DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c10906ISI: 000778011400016PubMedID: 35275642Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85126546920OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-348975DiVA, id: diva2:1879084
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2024-06-272024-06-272024-07-01Bibliographically approved