Speaker
Prof.
Angelos Michaelides
(University College London)
Description
Water/solid interfaces are relevant to a broad range of
physicochemical phenomena and technological processes such
as corrosion, lubrication, heterogeneous catalysis and
electrochemistry (Nature Mater 11, 667 (2012)). In this talk
some of our recent work in this area will be covered.
Specifically results on water droplet diffusion on the
surfaces of layered materials will be presented and a novel
“surfing” mechanism for droplet diffusion discussed. In
addition, simulations of ice nucleation on various
nanoparticles with different physiochemical characteristics
will be presented and the fundamental insight obtained from
these into heterogeneous ice nucleation discussed. Time
permitting some recent ab initio molecular dynamics results
at wet interfaces in which rapid proton transfer is observed
will also be discussed.
