Properties of Water from Numerical and Experimental Perspectives
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Book Description
As the most important liquid in our life and one of the most abundant molecules in the universe, water is the least understood substance with a very rich phase diagram (at least 18 crystalline forms and two liquids) and more that 60 dynamical/thermodynamic anomalies whose origins are still under debate.
Properties of Water from Numerical and Experimental Perspectives gathers together leading scientists and experts in the field of water. By merging the theoretical/computational point of view with experimental approaches, it presents a state-of-the-art description of the properties of water, enlightening the source of the anomalies of water and describing how such anomalies actively affect the functioning of biological substances.
Table of Contents
1. Theoretical X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Liquid Water Using First-Principles Calculations
Fujie Tang and Xifan Wu
2. Dynamic Crossovers in Water under Extreme Conditions
Paola Gallo, Gaia Camisasca and Mauro Rovere
3. The Franzese-Stanley Coarse Grained Model for Hydration Water
Luis Enrique Coronas, Oriol Vilanova, Valentino Bianco, Francisco de los Santos and Giancarlo Franzese
4. Ninteen Phases of Ice and Counting
Alfred Amon, Bharvi Chikani, Siriney O. Halukeerthi, Carissa Ponan, Alexander Rosu-Finsen, Zainab Sharif, Rachael L. Smith, Sukhpreet K. Talewar and Christoph G. Salzmann
5. How Many Crystalline Ices are There?
Tobias M. Gasser, Alexander V. Thoeny, Christina Tonauer, Johannes Bachler, Violeta Fuentes-Landete and Thomas Loerting
6. The Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Correlations in Water Systems
Francesco Mallamace, Carmelo Corsaro, Paola Lanzafame, Georgia Papanikolaou and Domenico Mallamace
7. Multiscale Dynamics in Diluted Aqueous Solutions Revealed by Extended Depolarized Light Scattering: The Hydration Water Contribution
Lucia Comez, Silvia Corezzi and Marco Paolantoni
8. Neutron Diffraction Studies of Water and Aqueous Solutions
Maria Antonietta Ricci
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Biography
Fausto Martelli is a researcher at IBM Research Europe and Fellow of the Institute of Physics. Using advanced numerical simulations, he investigates the properties of water in bulk and under confinement in a broad range of thermodynamic conditions. Prior to joining IBM Research Europe, Fausto Martelli conducted his research at Princeton University and at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.