Are dipolar liquids ferrroelectric?

在这个由化学系实验物理化学计划资助的探索性研究小额资助计划中，内华达州-拉斯维加斯大学的大卫·P·谢尔顿教授的研究生和本科生将利用超瑞利散射研究偶极液体是否表现出铁电相。水是一种在化学、生物学和技术中非常重要的偶极液体。 这项工作将有助于揭示水中是否存在长程组织或结构。 这可能会对我们理解包括蛋白质折叠和功能在内的各种现象产生深远的影响。

In this Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER), funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Prof. David P. Shelton of the University of Nevada - Las Vegas his graduate and undergraduate research students will investigate whether dipolar liquids exhibit a ferroelectric phase, using hyper-Rayleigh scattering.Water is a dipolar liquid of great importance in chemistry, biology and technology. This work will help to reveal whether there is long-range organization or structure in water. This could have a profound effect on our understanding of diverse phenomena including protein folding and function.