Phase Transitions and Dynamics in Bulk and Interfacial Water

Abstract

New experiments for water at the surface of proteins at very low temperature display intriguing dynamic behaviors. The extreme conditions of these experiments make it difficult to explore the wide range of thermodynamic state points needed to offer a suitable interpretation. Detailed simulations suffer the same problem, where equilibration times at low temperature become unreasonably long. We show how Monte Carlo simulations and mean field calculations of a tractable model of water help interpret the experimental results. Here we summarize the results for bulk water and investigate the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of supercooled water at an interface.