ABSTRACT
In this chapter we discuss the structure of water next to two typical metal surfaces: platinum and mercury. The information on this structure is obtained from molecular dynamics computer simulations. It is emphasized that such simulations, although able to mimic the reality in more details, compared with simple models used in analytical theories, are still limited to the description of models. From our simulations we observe that water next to an uncharged metallic surface is perturbed to a distance of ~1 nm. Next to the charged surface, water is reorienting and, when the external field is strong, undergoes a layering transition.
