The growth of nanometer-size free Ag clusters is studied by Molecular Dynamics simulations. The morphology transition from the icosahedron at the magic size of N = 55 atoms to the Marks truncated decahedron at N = 75 is analyzed in details, in order to single out kinetic trapping and entropie effects. At very low T, the cluster is kinetically trapped in an icosahedral structure. At intermediate T the transition takes place sharply at N ≃ 65. At higher T, the transition is smeared out and finally, around 550 K no transition is found because the 75 decahedron is melted.
Non-crystalline structures in the growth of silver nanoclusters / F. Baletto, C. Mottet, R. Ferrando. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. D, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 1434-6060. - 8:3(2001), pp. 25-28. ((Intervento presentato al 10. convegno International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters (ISSPIC 10) tenutosi a Atlanta nel 2000 [10.1007/s100530170052].
Non-crystalline structures in the growth of silver nanoclusters
F. BalettoPrimo
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2001
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The growth of nanometer-size free Ag clusters is studied by Molecular Dynamics simulations. The morphology transition from the icosahedron at the magic size of N = 55 atoms to the Marks truncated decahedron at N = 75 is analyzed in details, in order to single out kinetic trapping and entropie effects. At very low T, the cluster is kinetically trapped in an icosahedral structure. At intermediate T the transition takes place sharply at N ≃ 65. At higher T, the transition is smeared out and finally, around 550 K no transition is found because the 75 decahedron is melted.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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