Ice nucleation can occur in two distinctive ways: homogeneously in bulk water or heterogeneously on the surface of a solid material, where heterogeneous ice nucleation (HIN) is the predominant ...

Crystallization of ice, known as ice nucleation, usually happens heterogeneously, or in other words, at a solid surface. This is normally expected to happen at the surface of the water's container ...

The article, “The secret role of water’s structure near surfaces in ice formation,” was published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science at 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137812.

It takes some heat to form ice Date: May 27, 2021 Source: Graz University of Technology Summary: Researchers tracked down the first step in ice formation at a surface, revealing that additional ...

More information: Anton Tamtögl et al, Motion of water monomers reveals a kinetic barrier to ice nucleation on graphene, Nature Communications (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23226-5 ...

The method not only enabled the researchers to collect data from each teensy atom in their experiments, but also helped them record the earliest stage of ice formation, known as "nucleation," when ...

"We show that volcanic ash particles can trigger ice cloud formation by acting as sites for ice nucleation. Clouds play a vital role in regulating Earth's climate and energy balance.

This suggests that ice nucleation is sensitive to small chemical changes on the surface of microplastic particles. However, these plastics still nucleated ice, so they could still affect the ...

Jun 04, 2025 Creating ice layer by layer: the secret mechanisms of ice formation revealed Scientists have carried out a series of molecular-scale simulations to uncover why ice forms more easily on ...