Effects of Mechanical Vibration on the Ice Growth Rate

In this work, we examine the effects of mechanical vibration on the ice growth rate through molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that the ice growth rate exhibits a nonmonotonic dependence on the vibration frequency. It reaches a minimum value when the vibration frequency is close to the intrinsic vibration frequency of hydrogen bonds. The suppression of the ice growth rate originates from the resonance between the external vibration and hydrogen bonds, which destabilizes the hydrogen bonds and hinders the formation of ice crystals. Furthermore, the ice growth rate decreases with increasing vibration amplitude. The microscopic mechanisms are probed using the interfacial retention probability, radial distribution function, and time correlation function of hydrogen bonds.