Structuring of water molecules near a copper surface

Abstract

Using the molecular dynamics method, the structuring of water molecules near copper surfaces at various temperatures is studied. Samples with crystallographic orientations of 100 and 111 are considered at temperatures from 300 K to 350 K. It is found that the planes of water molecules in the near-surface region with the size is about six angstroms are oriented mainly parallel to the copper surface. However, the character of the structuring of water molecules near the copper surface weakly depends on the considered crystallographic orientations and temperatures.