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Dielectric anomalous response of water at 60 °C

Publicated to:Philosophical Magazine. 95 (7): 683-690 - 2015-03-03 95(7), DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2014.1000419

Authors: del Valle, Juan C; Camarillo, Enrique; Martinez Maestro, Laura; Gonzalo, Julio A; Arago, Carmen; Marques, Manuel; Jaque, Daniel; Lifante, Gines; Garcia Sole, Jose; Santacruz-Gomez, Karla; Carrillo-Torres, Roberto C; Jaque, Francisco

Affiliations

Inst Nicolas Cabrera, Dept Fis Mat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Instituto Nicolás Cabrera - Author
San Pablo CEU Univ, Poly Tech Sch, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Biol, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Quim Fis Aplicada, E-28049 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Phys, Mexico City, DF, Mexico - Author
Univ Sonora, Dept Fis, Hermosillo 83000, Sonora, Mexico - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidad de Sonora - Author
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Author
Universidad San Pablo-CEU - Author
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Abstract

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Recently, the paraelectric response of water was investigated in the range 0-100 °C. It showed an almost perfect Curie-Weiss behaviour up to 60 °C, but a slight change in slope of 1/εd versus T at 60 °C was overlooked. In this work, we report optical extinction measurements on metallic (gold and silver) nanoparticles dispersed in water, annealed at various temperatures in the range from 20 to 90 °C. An anomalous response at 60 °C is clearly detectable, which we associate to a subtle structural transformation in the water molecules at that temperature. This water anomaly is also manifested by means of a blue shift in the longitudinal surface plasmon resonance of the metallic nanoparticles for the solutions annealed at temperatures higher than about 60 °C. A reanalysis of 1/εd (T) for water in the whole temperature range leads us to conclude that the water molecule undergoes a subtle transformation from a low temperature (0-60 °C) configuration with a dipole moment 1 = 2.18 D (close to the molecular dipole moment of ice) to a high temperature (60-100 °C) configuration with 2 = 1.87 D (identical to the molecular dipole moment in water vapour).

Keywords

60 °cWater

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Philosophical Magazine due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2015, it was in position 17/73, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.08, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-16, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 18
  • Scopus: 17
  • Google Scholar: 13

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 15 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Mexico.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Del Valle JC) and Last Author (JAQUE RECHEA, FRANCISCO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MARTINEZ MAESTRO, LAURA.