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arxiv: 1502.04173 · v1 · pith:XUSEZ7JTnew · submitted 2015-02-14 · ❄️ cond-mat.soft

Elastic Coulomb-levitation: why is ice so slippery?

classification ❄️ cond-mat.soft
keywords elasticmolecularassociatedattachedbondcoulomb-levitationdensedipoles
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The elastic, less dense, polarized, and thermally stable supersolid skin lubricates ice. Molecular undercoordination shortens the H-O bond and lengthens the O:H nonbond through O-O repulsion, which is associated with low-frequency and high-magnitude of O:H vibration and a dual O-O polarization. The softer O:H springs attached with stronger molecular dipoles provide forces levitating objects sliding on ice, like Maglev or Hovercraft.

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