ANISOTROPIC PROPERTIES OF ICE/WATER INTERFACE - A MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS STUDY

Ice/water interface structures were studied using a molecular dynamics method. The simulations were carried out for both ice (0001)/water and ice {<10(1)over bar 0>}/water interfaces. The results strongly suggest that each interface has a diffuse structure and that the physical properties of the interfacial region differ from each other between the interfaces. The anisotropy in the structures and dynamic properties of ice/water interfaces, that is, the difference in the structures and dynamic properties between the interfaces were observed for the first time in this molecular dynamics simulation.