Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Electron affinity of liquid water

  • Alex P. Gaiduk,
  • Tuan Anh Pham,
  • Marco Govoni,
  • Francesco Paesani,
  • Giulia Galli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02673-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The electron affinity of liquid water is a fundamental property which has not yet been accurately measured. Here, the authors predict this property by coupling path-integral molecular dynamics with ab initio potentials and electronic structure calculations, revisiting several estimates used in the literature.