Scientific work

Since 2016, I am working on an interstitial-ice model for liquid water. This is a personal project. I do not have any funding for it. I am just doing it for the challenge and the fun. However, if I manage to succeed this project, it may have a huge impact. Science is still missing a coherent model for liquid water. My model will be simple and analytical, and has the potential to explain all electromagnetic interactions with water.

The new model is described in the following two papers.

Please send any comments on this work to john.zarat@gmail.com  These preprints will be sent to a journal soon. 

My water model is based on a published paper in EPJB about the electric properties of ice:
 
 

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