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SUBMITTER: Fang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7125088 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fang Wei W Chen Ji J Pedevilla Philipp P Li Xin-Zheng XZ Richardson Jeremy O JO Michaelides Angelos A
Nature communications 20200403 1
The diffusion of water molecules and clusters across the surfaces of materials is important to a wide range of processes. Interestingly, experiments have shown that on certain substrates, water dimers can diffuse more rapidly than water monomers. Whilst explanations for anomalously fast diffusion have been presented for specific systems, the general underlying physical principles are not yet established. We investigate this through a systematic ab initio study of water monomer and dimer diffusio ...[more]