A cubic dipole lattice of water molecules trapped inside carbon cages

作者：Aoyagi Shinobu^*; Hoshino Norihisa; Akutagawa Tomoyuki; Sado Yuki; Kitaura Ryo; Shinohara Hisanori; Sugimoto Kunihisa; Zhang Rui; Murata Yasujiro

来源：Chemical Communications, 2014, 50(5): 524-526.

DOI：10.1039/c3cc46683c

We report the crystal structure and dielectric properties of a pure H2O@C-60 crystal at low temperature. The caged water molecules free from the hydrogen bonds rotate even at 8 K. The antifreeze rotating water molecules respond to an external electric field due to their permanent dipole moment.

• 出版日期2014