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ArticleScience advances2026

Nanoconfined superionic water is a molecular superionic.

Samuel W Coles, Amir Hajibabaei, Venkat Kapil, Xavier R Advincula, Christoph Schran, Stephen J Cox, Angelos Michaelides

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Samuel W ColesYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9722-5676
Amir HajibabaeiYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1123-4040
Venkat KapilDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, 7-19 Gordon St, London WC1H 0AH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0324-2198
Xavier R AdvinculaYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-5343-0456
Christoph SchranLennard-Jones Centre, University of Cambridge, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4595-5073
Stephen J CoxDepartment of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2708-8711
Angelos MichaelidesYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9169-169X

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Abstract

Superionic ice, where water molecules dissociate into a lattice of oxygen ions and a rapidly diffusing "gas" of protons, represents a state of matter with broad implications for planetary interiors and energy applications. Recently, a nanoconfined superionic state of water has been predicted which, in contrast, is composed of intact water molecules. Here, we apply machine learning and electronic structure simulations to establish how nanoconfined water can be both molecular and superionic, providing more general insights into superionic behavior. Similar to bulk ice and other superionic materials, nanoconfined water conducts via concerted chain-like proton migrations, which cause the rapid propagation of defects. However, unlike other molecular phases of water, its exceptional conductivity arises from the activation of the Grotthuss mechanism by (i) low barriers to proton transfer and (ii) a flexible hydrogen bonded network. We propose that these are two key characteristics of fast ionic conduction in molecular superionics.

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