title: Formation of mesoscopic water networks in aqueous systems.
abstract: Formation of the macroscopically-infinite hydrogen-bonded water network in various aqueous systems occurs via 3D percolation transition when the probability of finding a spanning water cluster exceeds 95%. As a result, in a wide interval of water content below the percolation threshold, rarefied quasi-2D water networks span over the mesoscopic length scale. Formation and topology of spanning water networks, which affect various properties of aqueous systems, can be described within the framework of the percolation theory.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Interfaces and Nanosize Systems, Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Lívia B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Pártay
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jedlovszky
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brovchenko
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oleinikova
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D044367:Phase Transition; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water