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High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Nanoconfined water exhibits astonishing properties that offer new opportunities in physics, biology and technology like energy-storage applications. Here we study such nanoconfined water using ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the structure and dynamics of water monolayers in graphene-based slit pores. The significant population of dangling (or free) O–H bonds pointing toward the two confining walls, leads to topological frustration in the hydrogen bond network. This provides a novel channel for ultrafast diffusion distinct from what has been observed in bulk or interfacial water.
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