Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers from The University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science discovered that water's tetrahedral structure is key to its unique properties. The study found that the delicate balance between order and disorder in water allows it to exhibit high structural flexibility, resulting in unusual behavior such as expansion upon fr...
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Tetrahedrality is key to the uniqueness of water Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo · Mar 26, 2018 · first to report
- Understanding the strange behavior of water University of Bristol · Mar 27, 2018