Main description:

The almost universal presence of water in our everyday lives and the very `common' nature of its presence and properties possibly deflects attention from the fact that it has a number of very unusual characteristics which, furthermore, are found to be extremely sensitive to physical parameters, chemical environment and other influences. Hydrogen-bonding effects, too, are not restricted to water, so it is necessary to investigate other systems as well, in order to understand the characteristics in a wider context. Hydrogen Bond Networks reflects the diversity and relevance of water in subjects ranging from the fundamentals of condensed matter physics, through aspects of chemical reactivity to structure and function in biological systems.

Contents:

Preface. Section A: Modelling and Hydrogen-Bond Structures. Hydrogen Bonding and the Fragility of Supercooled Liquids and Biopolymers; C.A. Angell, C. Alba-Simionesco, J. Fan, J.L. Green. Hydrogen Bonding and Molecular Mobility in Aqueous Systems; A. Geiger, T. Kowall. Structural and Dynamical Quantum Effects in Aqueous Solution; P.J. Rossky. Novel Features in the Equation of State of Metastable Water; P.H. Poole, F. Sciortino, U. Essmann, M. Hemmati, H.E. Stanley, C.A. Angell. The Role of H-Bonds in the Formation of Ices; J-C Li, D.K. Ross. Radial Distribution Function of Heavy Water Steam; A. Fontana, P. Postorino, M.A. Ricci, A.K. Soper. Molecular Dynamics on a Water Model with Polarizability and Hyperpolarizability; G. Ruocco, M. Sampoli. M.D. Simulations of Stretched TIP4P--Water in the Supercooled Regime; G. Ruocco, M. Sampoli, A. Torcini, R. Vallauri. Anomalous Sound Dispersion in Liquid Water; U. Balucani, G. Ruocco, M. Sampoli, A. Torcini, R. Vallauri. Sound Propagation in Hydrogen Bonded Molecular Liquids: the Case of Liquid Water; F. Sciortino, S. Sastry. Orientational Correlations in Hydrogen Bonded Networks; A.K. Soper. Are Hydrogen Bonds Present in Hydrogen Halides Liquids Other than HF? C. Andreani, F. Menzinger, M. Nardone, F.P. Ricci, M.A. Ricci, A.K. Soper. Investigation of the Structure of Liquid Formic Acid; I. Bako, P. Jedlovszky, G. Palinkas, J.C. Dore. Section B: Spectroscopic Studies, Complexes and Solutions. Incoherent Inelastic Neutron Scattering from Liquid Water: a Computer Simulation Study; J.-C. Leicknam, M. Diraison, G. Tarjus, S. Bratos. The Observation of Different Strengths of H-Bonds in Ices; J-C Li, D.K. Ross, M.H.B.Hayes, W.F. Sherman, M. Adams. IR Spectra and Dynamics of H2O (D2O, HDO) Molecules in a Still Poorly Known Liquid: Water; Y. Marechal. Low Frequency Raman Spectra from Anhydrous Sulfuric and Chlorosulfonic Acids and Liquid Water, Disruption of Tetrahedral Hydrogen Bonding; Relation to Water Structure; Y.C. Chu, G.E. Walrafen. Picosecond Holeburning Spectroscopy in the Infrared of Water and Other Hydrogen-Bonded Systems; A. Laubereau, H. Graener. Low Frequency Raman Spectra in Water by Normal Mode Analysis; S. Sastry, H.E. Stanley, F. Sciortino. Light Scattering from Liquid Water; M.A. Ricci. Dielectric Properties of Aqueous Solutions; G. Salvetti, E. Tombari. Formic Acid, Ethanol in Vycor Glass and Water in Aluminosilicate Zeolites; C.K. Loong, F. Trouw, L.E. Iton. Application of the Reactive Flux Formalism to Study Water Hydrogen Bond Dynamics; A. Luzar, D. Chandler. Temperature Dependence of Ion Solvation Dynamics in Liquid Water; H. Resat, F.O. Raineri, B-C. Perng, H.L. Friedman. Theoretical Simulation of OH and OD Stretching Bands of Isotopically Diluted HDO Molecules in Lithium Formate Solution; M.J. Wojcik, K. Hermansson, J. Lindgren, L. Ojamae. Influence of Water Molecules on the Nucleation Rate of Polymorphic Complexes with Different Conformations in Solution; S. Petit, G. Coquerel, G. Perez. Hydrogen-Bond Nature in Solids Based on Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopy Studies; B. Nogaj. Simulation of Liquid Mixtures; G. Palinkas, K. Heinzinger. Section C: Networks, Interfaces and Confined Geometry. Structure and Dynamics of Water in Confined Geometry; S-H. Chen, M.-C. Bellissent-Funel. Structure and Dynamics of Water at Interfaces; P.J. Rossky. Hydrogen B