Figure 1. Mechanisms on creation and persistence of liquid water with reduced HB.

(a) Schematic descriptions for the creation of sAuNT water. (b) Au L_III-edge XANES spectra of Au clusters (solid black square), Au clusters with 532 nm LED (hollow red circle), Au clusters in DI water (hollow green up-side triangle), and Au clusters in DI water with 532 nm LED (hollow blue down-side triangle). (c) The schematic diagram showing the effective distance of hot electrons how to affect the HB in two distance domains. (d) Zeta potential of sAuNT water with respect to time after its creation.