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  • Materials Science
  • Surface Science

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  • Heterogeneous ice nucleation on solid surfaces is crucial for natural phenomena and technological applications.
  • Controlling water freezing requires understanding the mechanisms of ice formation on surfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of nanoscale surface roughness in regulating heterogeneous ice nucleation.
  • To identify key surface characteristics that promote or inhibit ice formation.

Main Methods:

  • Molecular dynamics simulations were employed to study ice nucleation on surfaces with varying nanoscale roughness.
  • Analysis focused on the structure and ordering of interfacial water domains.

Main Results:

  • Ice nucleation preferentially occurs on locally flat surface regions that foster smooth, ordered interfacial water domains.
  • The maximum size of these ordered water domains acts as a descriptor for nucleation capability.
  • Surface defects like protrusions and cavities disrupt water ordering and impede nucleation.

Conclusions:

  • The ice-nucleation ability of rough surfaces is strongly linked to their capacity to organize interfacial water into large, ordered domains.
  • Surface design should focus on creating specific ordered domains rather than solely on average roughness for anti-icing or ice-promoting materials.