Large-scale structure and hyperuniformity of amorphous ices

Abstract

We investigate the large-scale structure of amorphous ices and transitions between their different forms by quantifying their large-scale density fluctuations. Specifically, we simulate the isothermal compression of low-density amorphous ice (LDA) and hexagonal ice (Ih) to produce high-density amorphous ice (HDA). Remarkably, both HDA and LDA are nearly hyperuniform, meaning that they are characterized by an anomalous suppression of large-scale density fluctuations. By contrast, in correspondence with both non-equilibrium phase transitions to HDA, the presence of structural heterogeneities strongly suppresses the hyperuniformity and, remarkably, the system becomes hyposurficial (devoid of "surface-area" fluctuations). Our investigation challenges the largely accepted "frozen-liquid" picture, which views glasses as structurally arrested liquids. Beyond implications for water, our findings enrich our understanding of the structural transformations that occur in glasses with varying pressures.

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