43rd iCeMS Seminar: Alexander I. Kolesnikov, Ph.D.

A new form of water has been discovered by Dr. Kolesnikov. Called nanotube water, these molecules contain two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom but do not turn into ice — even at temperatures near absolute zero.

The infiltration of water into carbon nanotubes provides a simple analogue of biologically important trans-membrane channels and so is of large interdisciplinary scientific interest. The structure and dynamics of water/ice confined to the 1-Dimensional nanotube interior are found to be drastically altered with respect to bulk water.

Lecturer	Alexander I. Kolesnikov, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA Visiting Professor of the iCeMS
Title	Neutron Scattering Studies of Water Confined in Nano-channels
Date / Time	Tuesday, January 26, 2010 / 16:00-17:30
Venue	2nd floor Seminar Room (#A207), Main Building iCeMS Complex 1, Kyoto University Directions
Flyer	PDF (748KB)
Host	Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University
Contact	iCeMS Assoc. Prof. Koyanaka takano-g@icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp