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Comment to “Dynamics of supercooled confined water measured by deep inelastic neutron scattering”

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We comment on the findings of “Dynamics of supercooled confined water measured by deep inelastic neutron scattering”, by V. De Michele, G. Romanelli, and A. Cupane [Front. Phys. 13, 138205 (2018)]. We show that the current sensitivity of the deep inelastic neutron scattering (DINS) method, cannot detect with confidence small differences in the proton kinetic energy, Ke(H), involved in a liquid-liquid transition in supercooled water confined in nanoporous silica. We also critisize the calculation of Ke(H) carried out in Front. Phys. 13, 138205 (2018).

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  1. Nuclear Research Center-Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84190, Israel

    Y. Finkelstein

  2. Physics Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel

    R. Moreh

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Finkelstein, Y., Moreh, R. Comment to “Dynamics of supercooled confined water measured by deep inelastic neutron scattering”. Front. Phys. 14, 53605 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-019-0926-z

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