title: Water whiskers in high electric fields.
abstract: In electrostatic fields of the order of volts per Angstrom long whiskers of up to 12 water molecules form that have been observed in the field ion microscope. Here we present a detailed analysis on the basis of the density functional theory that substantiates the earlier claims. We present whisker structures and energetics, lower and upper threshold fields, and fragmentation patterns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karahka
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kreuzer