Resolving liquid-to-glass transitions of water under soft nanoconfinement
s, and a static glass transition ranging between -74 and -64 °C. These findings provide important insights into the elusive glass transition of water under nanoconfinement, with broader implications for all those areas where water is confined at the nanometre scale below its freezing point.
Authors
- Raffaele Mezzenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5739-2610)
- Serena Rosa Alfarano
- Eva Zunzunegui‐Bru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0293-0266)
- Alice Klapproth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3344-6610)
- Livia Salvati Manni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8870-2477)
- Guillaume Laurent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8127-5326)
- Salvatore Assenza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-8927)
- Patrick Züblin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5914-7950)
- Nageshwar Rao Yepuri
- Syrine Khaled
- Richard Mole
- Jean-Blaise Brubach
- Francesco Sciortino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2418-2713)
- Thierry Azaïs
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (AU)
- Synchrotron soleil (FR)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (FR)
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72955-y
- Primary Topic
- Material Dynamics and Properties
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung