Anomalously low dielectric constant of confined water
arXiv:1806.04486 · doi:10.1126/science.aat4191
Abstract
The dielectric constant of interfacial water has been predicted to be smaller than that of bulk water (= 80) because the rotational freedom of water dipoles is expected to decrease near surfaces, yet experimental evidence is lacking. We report local capacitance measurements for water confined between two atomically-flat walls separated by various distances down to 1 nm. Our experiments reveal the presence of an interfacial layer with vanishingly small polarization such that its out-of-plane dielectric constant is only approximately 2. The electrically dead layer is found to be two to three molecules thick. These results provide much needed feedback for theories describing water-mediated surface interactions and behavior of interfacial water, and show a way to investigate the dielectric properties of other fluids and solids under extreme confinement.
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