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Fluidity of bound hydration layers.

Uri Raviv1, Jacob Klein

  • 1Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 31, 2002
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Despite repulsive hydration forces, water layers between sliding surfaces remain fluid. This fluidity, observed in thin films, is due to rapid water molecule exchange, not loss, under compression.

Area of Science:

  • Tribology
  • Surface Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry

Background:

  • Repulsive hydration forces, arising from surface-attached water layers, typically keep compressed surfaces apart.
  • Understanding inter-surface forces is crucial for various natural and engineered systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the shear forces and fluidity of hydration layers between sliding surfaces in aqueous salt solutions.
  • To determine if bound water molecules maintain fluidity under high compression.

Main Methods:

  • Measurement of shear forces between solid surfaces sliding across aqueous salt solutions.
  • Compression of surface-attached hydration layers to nanometer thicknesses.

Main Results:

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  • Hydration layers, even when compressed to 1.0 +/- 0.3 nm, exhibit shear fluidity similar to bulk liquid.
  • Strong compression does not lead to the loss of water molecules within the hydration layers.

    • Conclusions:

    • Bound water molecules in hydration layers retain significant fluidity under compression.
    • The observed fluidity is attributed to the dynamic exchange of water molecules within the hydration layers during sliding.