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A folded ice monolayer.

Ying Xu¹, Xiaoyu Xuan¹, Zhuhua Zhang¹

¹State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures and Institute of Nanoscience, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. chuwazhang@nuaa.edu.cn wlguo@nuaa.edu.cn.

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Researchers discovered a stable, folded ice monolayer using a novel tiling method and ab initio calculations. This unique structure, stable up to 100 K, expands understanding of low-dimensional water ice and nanostructures.

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Area of Science:

Condensed matter physics
Materials science
Computational chemistry

Background:

Understanding the properties of water ice in low-dimensional systems is crucial for various scientific fields.
Previous studies have explored various ice polymorphs, but stable monolayer structures with unique motifs remain an active area of research.

Purpose of the Study:

To predict and characterize a novel, highly stable ice monolayer structure.
To investigate the stability and properties of this predicted ice structure using advanced computational methods.

Main Methods:

A novel tiling method was developed and combined with ab initio calculations to predict stable ice monolayer structures.
Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations were employed to assess the thermal stability of the predicted structure.

Main Results:

A highly stable ice monolayer with folded structural motifs, termed the folded ice model, was predicted.
This folded ice model exhibits stability across a range of water densities (0.08–0.12 Å⁻²) and can withstand temperatures up to 100 K.
The tiling method also identified a family of stable puckered ice monolayers.

Conclusions:

The discovery of the folded ice model significantly advances the understanding of low-dimensional water structures.
This work opens new avenues for exploring exotic ice nanostructures, particularly under confinement conditions.