Surface-charge-induced orientation of interfacial water suppresses heterogeneous ice nucleation on <i>α</i>-alumina (0001)

Abdelmonem, Ahmed; Backus, Ellen H. G.; Hoffmann, Nadine; Sánchez, M. Alejandra; Cyran, Jenée D.; Kiselev, Alexei; Bonn, Mischa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7827-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7827-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7827-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

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29 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 29 Jun 2017

Surface-charge-induced orientation of interfacial water suppresses heterogeneous ice nucleation on α-alumina (0001)

Ahmed Abdelmonem, Ellen H. G. Backus, Nadine Hoffmann, M. Alejandra Sánchez, Jenée D. Cyran, Alexei Kiselev, and Mischa Bonn

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RC1: 'review of Abdelmonem et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 25 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #3', Ahmed Abdelmonem, 19 May 2017
RC2: 'referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Apr 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Ahmed Abdelmonem, 19 May 2017
RC3: 'Review of " Surface charge-induced orientation of interfacial water suppresses heterogeneous ice nucleation on α-alumina (0001)" by Abdelmonem et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Apr 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #1', Ahmed Abdelmonem, 19 May 2017
AC4: 'Revised manuscript with tracked changes', Ahmed Abdelmonem, 19 May 2017

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We report the effect of surface charge on heterogeneous immersion freezing for the atmospherically relevant sapphire surface. Combining linear and nonlinear optical techniques and investigating isolated drops, we find that charge-induced surface templating is detrimental for ice nucleation on α-alumina surface. This study provides new insights into atmospheric processes and can impact various industrial and research branches, particularly climate change and tracing of water in the hydrosphere.