%0 Journal Article
%A Benet, Jorge
%A Llombart, Pablo
%A Sanz García, Eduardo Santiago
%A González Mac-Dowell, Luis
%T Premelting-Induced Smoothening of the Ice-Vapor Interface
%D 2016
%@ 1079-7114
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18956
%X We perform computer simulations of the quasiliquid layer of ice formed at the ice-vapor interface close to the ice Ih-liquid-vapor triple point of water. Our study shows that the two distinct surfaces bounding the film behave at small wavelengths as atomically rough and independent ice-water and water-vapor interfaces. For long wavelengths, however, the two surfaces couple, large scale parallel fluctuations are inhibited, and the ice-vapor interface becomes smooth. Our results could help explain the complex morphology of ice crystallites.
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