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Title: Pentagon-pentagon correlations in water

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100247a035· OSTI ID:5671225

Computer simulation studies on the concentration of pentagonal rings of hydrogen-bonded water molecules (pentagons) and the spatial correlation of pentagons in liquid water are detailed. The pentagon-pentagon correlation function g/sub 55/(r) has a peak at r similarly ordered 3.2 A. The results support the idea that the anomalies of water may be related to the self-replicating propensity of pentagons in the random network. 24 references, 8 figures, 1 table.

Research Organization:
Boston Univ., MA
OSTI ID:
5671225
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 89:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English