Lifetime of the bond network and gel-like anomalies in supercooled water

Francesco Sciortino, Peter H. Poole, H. Eugene Stanley, Shlomo Havlin

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Abstract

We analyze the distribution of bond lifetimes in simulations of liquid water using a novel bond definition. We find that the characteristic lifetimes of the bonds and of the gel network itself both increase strongly when temperature is decreased"and even appear to diverge at a temperature well below the freezing temperature"thereby providing an appealing physical picture of the anomalous behavior of water in the supercooled region.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1686-1689
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume64
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

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