Dynamics of cluster structures in the near-surface layer of distilled water under laser excitation

Abstract

We explore changes in the distilled water structure by optical methods in this work. The lack of rigorous ideas about the structure of water and its organization at the molecular level hinders the development of methods not only for quantitative analysis, but also for qualitative assessment of the structure of water. Optical methods of studying changes in the structure of water are used in present work, since it is a disordered fluid whose hydrogen bonds are short-lived. The mechanism for the formation of cluster structures near the surface of a water drop is proposed. It is shown that water has unique properties associated with the presence of order in its various states due to the cooperative effect of structural and dynamic changes in a heterogeneous hydrogen bond network.