Hydration Structure and Shear Viscosity of Water Nanoconfined Between Mica Surfaces

Yongsheng Leng*, Peter T. Cummings

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been performed to investigate the structure, shear viscosity and dynamics of hydration layers of the thickness of D = 0.61 ∼ 2.44 nm confined between two mica surfaces. For D = 0.92 ∼ 2.44 nm films, water O density distributions indicate that the hydration layers are in liquid phase. The corresponding shear responses are fluidic and similar to those observed in surface force balance (SFB) experiment. However, further increase in confinement leads to the formation of a bilayer ice (D = 0.61 nm) which shows significant shear enhancement and shear thinning over a wide range of shear rate in MD regime, consistent with recent experimental results by shear resonant apparatus for the two mica surfaces in registry.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference Proceeding Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pages505-510
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)0791847500, 9780791847503, 0791847519
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Sept 2006
EventASME 2006 2nd Joint U.S. - European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Collocated With the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering - Miami, United States
Duration: 17 Jul 200620 Jul 2006

Conference

ConferenceASME 2006 2nd Joint U.S. - European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting Collocated With the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami
Period17/07/0620/07/06

Keywords

  • Molecular dynamics simulation
  • Nanoconfined aqueous system
  • Shear viscosity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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