Nature Communications (Sep 2016)
Incipient ferroelectricity of water molecules confined to nano-channels of beryl
- B. P. Gorshunov,
- V. I. Torgashev,
- E. S. Zhukova,
- V. G. Thomas,
- M. A. Belyanchikov,
- C. Kadlec,
- F. Kadlec,
- M. Savinov,
- T. Ostapchuk,
- J. Petzelt,
- J. Prokleška,
- P. V. Tomas,
- E. V. Pestrjakov,
- D. A. Fursenko,
- G. S. Shakurov,
- A. S. Prokhorov,
- V. S. Gorelik,
- L. S. Kadyrov,
- V. V. Uskov,
- R. K. Kremer,
- M. Dressel
Affiliations
- B. P. Gorshunov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- V. I. Torgashev
- Faculty of Physics, Southern Federal University
- E. S. Zhukova
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- V. G. Thomas
- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Sciences
- M. A. Belyanchikov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- C. Kadlec
- Institute of Physics AS CR
- F. Kadlec
- Institute of Physics AS CR
- M. Savinov
- Institute of Physics AS CR
- T. Ostapchuk
- Institute of Physics AS CR
- J. Petzelt
- Institute of Physics AS CR
- J. Prokleška
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
- P. V. Tomas
- Mathematical Department of The National Research University Higher School of Economics
- E. V. Pestrjakov
- Institute of Laser Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
- D. A. Fursenko
- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Sciences
- G. S. Shakurov
- Kazan Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- A. S. Prokhorov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- V. S. Gorelik
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- L. S. Kadyrov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- V. V. Uskov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- R. K. Kremer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung
- M. Dressel
- 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12842
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Ferroelectric orders hardly exist in liquid or ice state of water, despite its enormous molecular electrical polarizability. Here, Gorshunov et al. report incipient ferroelectricity in chains of interacting water molecules by placing them in the structural channels of a beryl crystal.
