Lifshitz theory of wetting films at three phase coexistence: The case of ice nucleation on Silver Iodide (AgI)

Luengo-Márquez, Juan; MacDowell, Luis G.

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2021.01.060

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“…Considering the importance of this topic, we revisit this problem using the most recently reported dielectric functions for both ice and water obtained by Luengo-Márquez and MacDowell. 57,58 As shown in Fig. 6a, the new dielectric functions deviate significantly from those used by Elbaum and Schick 31,32 (up to about 10%).…”

Section: B Results Using Recent Models For Ice and Watermentioning

confidence: 73%

“…In this paper, we focus on the nonmagnetic media. Very recently, Parashar et al, 63 Li et al, 60 Esteso et al, 61 Luengo-Márquez and MacDowell, 57,58 demonstrated how to expand the classical Lifshitz theory to the case containing two intermediate layers that can both grow or decrease at the expense of each other. For the four-layer system illustrated by Fig.…”

Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…which is consistent with the results presented by Esteso et al 61 and more recently by Luengo-Márquez and MacDowell. 57 (Since in the 4-media case there are three reflection coefficients, one might think that terms with three reflection coefficients could appear. Such terms, however, are forbidden by parity invariance; only even powers of reflection coefficients can appear in the free energy.)…”

Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…36). Secondly, we will compare our past predictions about the ice formation on silica surfaces, which are based on ice and water dielectric functions from Elbaum and Schick, 31 with predictions based on different revised and improved dielectric functions for ice 57,58 and water [57][58][59] at the triple point of water. Thirdly, this also encourages us to take a careful look at the results obtained by Elbaum and Schick for ice premelting 31 and ice formation on water surfaces.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This work is organized as follows: In Sec. II, we present the theory, including the generalized case where more than one layer are allowed to expand at the expense of other layers, 57,61 and we also discuss relevant configurations. As has been demonstrated in our past work, 36 with the ab initio dielectric functions for silica materials 55 and the experimentally based dielectric functions from Elbaum and Schick 31,32 for ice and water, an ice layer could grow between the water and silica interface.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Premelting and formation of ice due to Casimir-Lifshitz interactions: Impact of improved parameterization for materials

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Brevik

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Recently, the premelting and formation of ice due to the Casimir-Lifshitz interaction, proposed in early 1990s by Elbaum and Schick [Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1713-1716], have been generalized to diverse practical scenarios, yielding novel physical intuitions and possibilities of application for those phenomena. The properties of materials, in particular, the electrical permittivity and permeability, exert significant influences on the Casimir-Lifshitz energies and forces, and hence on the corresponding premelting and formation of ice. To address these influences in detail and explore the resulting physics, here we revisit and extend the analyses of previous work, with both the dielectric data utilized there and the latest dielectric functions for ice and cold water. While our previous results are rederived, an error there has also been spotted. For the four-layer cases considered by some of us, the existence of stable configurations depending on the initial conditions has been confirmed, and different types of stability corresponding to minima of the Casimir-Lifshitz free energy are demonstrated. As the new dielectric functions for ice and cold water deviate considerably from those used by Elbaum and Schick, their vital impacts on three-and four-layer configurations are therefore being reconsidered.

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Section: B Results Using Recent Models For Ice and Watermentioning

confidence: 73%