Abstract
We report computer simulation studies on the concentration of pentagonal rings of hydrogen-bonded water molecules (pentagons) and on the spatial correlation of pentagons in liquid water. The pentagon-pentagon correlation function g55(r) has a peak at r ≃ 3.2 Å. The results support the idea that the anomalies of water may be related to the self-replicating propensity of pentagons in the random network.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 171-175 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |