Water Condensation on Graphite Studied by Elastic Helium Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Andersson, Patrik U,1970Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kemi,Department of Chemistry,University of Gothenburg (author)

Formation of water/ice layers on graphite has been studied in the temperature range from 90 to 180 K by elastic helium scattering, light scattering, and molecular dynamics simulations. Combined helium- and light-scattering experiments show that an ice film that wets the graphite surface is formed at surface temperatures of 100-140 K, whereas three-dimensional ice structures are formed at 140-180 K. Desorption of adsorbed water molecules competes with water incorporation into the ice film, and the ice formation rate is strongly temperature dependent. At 150 K, ice-layer formation takes place at the same time scale as layer reconstruction, and its properties are sensitive to the water deposition rate. The experimental results are compared with kinetics models, and the Johnston-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov model is concluded to well describe the ice-layer formation kinetics in the whole temperature range. Molecular dynamics simulations of water-cluster formation on graphite at 90-180 K show that water molecules and small clusters are highly mobile on the surface, which rapidly results in the nucleation of large and less mobile clusters on the surface. Clusters formed at low temperature tend to have the most molecules in direct contact with the uppermost graphite layer, while multilayer cluster structures are preferred at high temperatures. The results are discussed and compared with earlier studies of water ice formation on solid surfaces.

Suter, Martina,1966Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kemi,Department of Chemistry,University of Gothenburg(Swepub:gu)xsutma (author)
Markovic, Nikola,1961Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology(Swepub:cth)nikola (author)
Pettersson, Jan B. C.,1962Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kemi,Department of Chemistry,University of Gothenburg(Swepub:gu)xpettj (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för kemi (creator_code:org_t)

In:Journal of Physical Chemistry C: American Chemical Society (ACS)111:42, s. 15258-152661932-74471932-7455

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By the university: University of Gothenburg; Chalmers University of Technology

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