RT Journal Article
T1 On the existence of two states in liquid water: impact on biological and nanoscopic systems
A1 Martínez Maestro, Laura
A1 Marqués, M.I.
A1 Camarillo, E.
A1 Jaque, D.
A1 García Solé, J.
A1 Gonzalo, J.A.
A1 Jaque, F.
A1 Valle, Juan C. Del
A1 Mallamace, F.
A1 Stanley, H.E.
AB This work reviews several properties of liquid water, including the dielectric constant and the proton-spin lattice relaxation, and draws attention to a bilinear behaviour defining a crossover in the temperature range 50 +/- 10 degrees C between two possible states in liquid water. The existence of these two states in liquid water plays an important role in nanometric and biological systems. For example, the optical properties of metallic (gold and silver) nanoparticles dispersed in water, used as nanoprobes, and the emission properties of CdTe quantum dots (QDs), used for fluorescence bioimaging and tumour targeting, show a singular behaviour in this temperature range. In addition, the structural changes in liquid water may be associated with the behaviour of biological macromolecules in aqueous solutions and in particular with protein denaturation.
PB Inderscience
SN 1475-7435
YR 2016
FD 2016-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105720
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105720
LA eng
NO MAESTRO, Laura Martinez, et al. On the existence of two states in liquid water: impact on biological and nanoscopic systems. International Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016, vol. 13, no 8-9, p. 667-677.
NO International Conference on Trends in Nanotechnology (TNT) (16.2015.Toulouse, Francia)
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO Boston University
NO United States Department of Energy
NO National Science Foundation
DS Docta Complutense
RD 1 ene 2026