The Mechanisms of Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation by Amphiphilic Alcohol Monolayers Formed by Alkyl Hydroxy Esters and Bromo Alcohols

is in the range 5.0 Å - 5.6 Å. For the alkyl hydroxy ester monolayers, the lattice parameters estimated at their INTs (5.44 Å and 5.48 Å) lie well within the hexagonal ice-nucleating region. For the bromo alcohol monolayers, the estimates (5.67 Å and 5.61 Å) are borderline. Overall, our analysis suggests that the temperature dependence of lattice parameters is a significant factor contributing to ice nucleation by alkyl hydroxy ester and bromo alcohol monolayers, a possibility not previously considered.