4 papers
Phase fluctuations in a confined fluid
Frédéric Caupin, Alberto Zaragoza, Miguel A. Gonzalez +1
Fluid phase equilibrium depends on the external constraints imposed on a system. In a closed system with fixed volume, depending on the average density, a vapor bubble may be stabl…
Structural and dynamic anomalous properties of TIP4P/2005 water at extreme pressures
José MartÃn-Roca, Alberto Zaragoza, Frédéric Caupin +1
Water shows numerous thermodynamic, dynamic, and structural anomalies. Recent experiments [Eichler et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 134101 (2025)], based on measurements of shear and b…
Interfacial Free Energy as the Key to the Pressure-Induced Deceleration of Ice Nucleation
Jorge R. Espinosa, Alberto Zaragoza, Pablo Rosales-Peláez +4
The avoidance of water freezing is the holy grail in the cryopreservation of biological samples, food, and organs. Fast cooling rates are used to beat ice nucleation and avoid cell…
Anomalous behaviour of transport properties in a supercooled water-glycerol mixture
Alberto Zaragoza, Rajat Kumar, Jose MartÃn Roca +4
Glycerol acts as a natural cryoprotectant by depressing the temperature of ice nucleation and slowing down the dynamics of water mixtures. In this work we characterize dynamics --…