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Title: Crystalline Ice Growth on Pt(111): Observation of a Hydrophobic Water Monolayer

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters, 95(16):166102

The growth of crystalline water films on Pt(111) is investigated using rare gas physisorption. The water monolayer wets Pt(111) at all temperatures investigated (20-155 K). At low temperatures (T ≤ 120 K) where the water mobility is limited, additional water layers kinetically wet the monolayer surface. However, crystalline ice films grown at higher temperatures (T > 135 K) do not wet the water monolayer. These results are consistent with recent theory and experiments suggesting that the molecules in the water monolayer form a surface with no dangling OH bonds or lone pair electrons, giving rise to a hydrophobic water monolayer on Pt(111).

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
860413
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-45342; PRLTAO; 6495; 6500; KC0301020; TRN: US200608%%1
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, 95(16):166102, Vol. 95, Issue 16; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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