Author/Authors :
H. E. Stanley ، نويسنده , , S. V. Buldyrev، نويسنده , , N. Giovambattista، نويسنده , , E. La Nave، نويسنده , , A. Scala، نويسنده , , F. Sciortino، نويسنده , , F. W. Starr، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We present an overview of recent research applying ideas of statistical mechanics to try to better understand the statics and especially the dynamic puzzles regarding liquid water. The take-home message for the static aspects is that what seems to “matter” more than previously appreciated is local tetrahedral order, so that liquid water has features in common with SiO2 and P, as well as perhaps Si and C. For the dynamic aspects, what may “matter” is the number of diffusive directions in the potential energy landscape.
