Recently, a medium-density amorphous ice (MDA) was synthesized via ball-milling of hexagonal ice, adding complexity to our understanding of the phase diagram of supercooled water and amorphous ice. Here, the authors use molecular dynamics simulations to show that, depending on the employed pressure, isobaric cooling can generate a continuum of amorphous ices with densities that expand in between those of low- and high-density amorphous ices, with some of these amorphous ices being remarkably similar to MDA.
- Ali Eltareb
- Gustavo E. Lopez
- Nicolas Giovambattista
