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Observing growth and interfacial dynamics of nanocrystalline ice in thin amorphous ice films.


ABSTRACT: Ice crystals at low temperatures exhibit structural polymorphs including hexagonal ice, cubic ice, or a hetero-crystalline mixture of the two phases. Despite the significant implications of structure-dependent roles of ice, mechanisms behind the growths of each polymorph have been difficult to access quantitatively. Using in-situ cryo-electron microscopy and computational ice-dynamics simulations, we directly observe crystalline ice growth in an amorphous ice film of nanoscale thickness, which exhibits three-dimensional ice nucleation and subsequent two-dimensional ice growth. We reveal that nanoscale ice crystals exhibit polymorph-dependent growth kinetics, while hetero-crystalline ice exhibits anisotropic growth, with accelerated growth occurring at the prismatic planes. Fast-growing facets are associated with low-density interfaces that possess higher surface energy, driving tetrahedral ordering of interfacial H2O molecules and accelerating ice growth. These findings, based on nanoscale observations, improve our understanding on early stages of ice formation and mechanistic roles of the ice interface.

SUBMITTER: Lee M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10827800 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Observing growth and interfacial dynamics of nanocrystalline ice in thin amorphous ice films.

Lee Minyoung M   Lee Sang Yup SY   Kang Min-Ho MH   Won Tae Kyung TK   Kang Sungsu S   Kim Joodeok J   Park Jungwon J   Ahn Dong June DJ  

Nature communications 20240130 1


Ice crystals at low temperatures exhibit structural polymorphs including hexagonal ice, cubic ice, or a hetero-crystalline mixture of the two phases. Despite the significant implications of structure-dependent roles of ice, mechanisms behind the growths of each polymorph have been difficult to access quantitatively. Using in-situ cryo-electron microscopy and computational ice-dynamics simulations, we directly observe crystalline ice growth in an amorphous ice film of nanoscale thickness, which e  ...[more]

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