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19992026
most citedEffect of pressure on the phase behavior and structure of water confined between nanoscale hydrophobic and hydrophilic plates

362 citations · 3.7k across the 50 of their papers we have counts for

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51 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

A Local Structural Basis to Resolve Amorphous Ices

Quinn M. Gallagher, Ryan J. Szukalo, Nicolas Giovambattista +2

Phases with distinct thermodynamic properties must differ in their underlying microscopic configurations. While ordered phases are readily distinguished by unit cells and space gro…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

On the possibility of chiral symmetry breaking in liquid hydrogen peroxide

Roberto Menta, Pablo G. Debenedetti, Roberto Car +1

Molecular chirality is a key concept in chemistry with implications for the origin of life and the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. Previous simulations of a chiral molecular mode…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 11 cited

Critical behavior in a chiral molecular model

Pablo M. Piaggi, Roberto Car, Frank H. Stillinger +1

Understanding the condensed-phase behavior of chiral molecules is important in biology, as well as in a range of technological applications, such as the manufacture of pharmaceutic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 37 cited

A first-principles machine-learning force field for heterogeneous ice nucleation on microcline feldspar

Pablo M. Piaggi, Annabella Selloni, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos +2

The formation of ice in the atmosphere affects precipitation and cloud properties, and plays a key role in the climate of our planet. Although ice can form directly from liquid wat…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 6 cited

Melting curves of ice polymorphs in the vicinity of the liquid-liquid critical point

Pablo M. Piaggi, Thomas E. Gartner, Roberto Car +1

The possible existence of a liquid-liquid critical point in deeply supercooled water has been a subject of debate in part due to the challenges associated with providing definitive…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 16 cited

Formation of Dissipative Structures in Microscopic Models of Mixtures with Species Interconversion

Thomas J. Longo, Nikolay A. Shumovskyi, Betül Uralcan +3

The separation of substances into different phases is ubiquitous in nature and important scientifically and technologically. This phenomenon may become drastically different if the…