Water molecules confined to nanocavities have quantum behavior.
Boris P. Gorshunov et. al.J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2013, 4 (12), pp 2015–2020
Alexander I. Kolesnikov et. al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 167802 – Published 22 April 2016
Water is a continuous network of H-bonds
Clarka G. N. I. et. al. The Structure of Ambient Water. Mol. Phys. 2010, 108, 1415-1433.
with nanocavities with high-density water (HDL) and low-density water (LDL).
Huang, C. et. al. The Inhomogeneous Structure of Water at Ambient Conditions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.2009, 106, 15214-15218.
With the addition of ionic surfactants, the limited "porous structure" of water is enhanced.
We have proved that micelles of ionic surfactants are a superposition of structures organized with participation of HDL and LDL.
Mirgorod, T.A. Dolenko, Liquid Polyamorphous Transition and Self-Оrganization in Aqueous Solutions of Ionic surfactant, Langmuir 31 (2015) 8535-8547.
Then the micelle of ionic surfactants is a quantum superposition? Is the micelle a Qubit ?.
Come on... There are just more concepts to think of than words available to describe them. Using the word "superposition" in an attempt to describe the 3D structure of molecular arrangement has nothing to do with a "superposition" used in describing wave functions of entangled quantum states!
Dear Friedrich Menges,
When I wrote the question, I did not think about what you wrote. Looked in Google. There is a superposition of molecules or 3 D structures there. See
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/ecc/samples/sample01.pdf
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101124085945.htm
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Well then? The two links just confirm what I wrote. Each is about one of the concepts mentioned above and have nothing to do with each other...
I give two more references to the micelle with qubit properties. They write about the oscillations of quantum dipoles of benzene rings of surfactants in a microtubule of interior. There are no proofs. Can someone know about such studies in the terahertz range of the IR spectrum?
Bedau M, Church G, Rasmussen S, Caplan A, Benner S, Fussenegger M, Collins J, Deamer D. Life after the synthetic cell. Nature. 2010 May 27;465(7297):422-4.
Arvydas Tamulis, Mantas Grigalavicius. Quantum entanglement in photoactive prebiotic systems Systems and Synthetic Biology. Jun 2014, Vol. 8, No. 2: 117-140
See also my questions
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_there_be_a_phase_transition_in_the_case_of_micelle_formation_by_a_quantum_transition
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Sollapse_of_superposition_micelle
We assume that the micelle is a quantum object. This is our hypothesis. We interact with a quantum object. Therefore, it is no longer a quantum object in the understanding of mathematicians. We determine the solubility of hydrocarbons in the micelle, determine the pH of their solutions, X-ray rays, determine the rate of diffusion of micelles. The experiments concluded that the micelle has a dual structure. Scientists are increasingly convinced that the basis of our thinking processes are quantum effects. Micellar structures are formed in our body. The main role here is played by the superposition of water structures with proton tunneling.
The use of the word "superposition" in an attempt to describe the three-dimensional structure of the micelle still has nothing to do with the "superposition" used in describing the wave functions of entangled quantum states. Perhaps our superpositions represent the combined existence of thermal and quantum fluctuations.
See our preprint
Quantum entanglement in micellar solutions of ionic surfactants
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