TY - JOUR
T1 - The melting behavior of small clusters of atoms
AU - Quirke, N.
AU - Sheng, Ping
PY - 1984/9/14
Y1 - 1984/9/14
N2 - The melting transition of small clusters composed of 13 particles interacting via the Lennard-Jones 6-12 potential has been investigated by means of extensive Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations. The results indicate that whereas the cluster evaporates in vacuum, in a confined pore the cluster undergoes a smooth melting transition from an icosahedral microcrystal to an inhomogeneous liquid phase, with a specific heat peak centered at 39 K. No evidence was found to support the suggestion of a solid-liquid transition in vacuum at 29 K.
AB - The melting transition of small clusters composed of 13 particles interacting via the Lennard-Jones 6-12 potential has been investigated by means of extensive Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations. The results indicate that whereas the cluster evaporates in vacuum, in a confined pore the cluster undergoes a smooth melting transition from an icosahedral microcrystal to an inhomogeneous liquid phase, with a specific heat peak centered at 39 K. No evidence was found to support the suggestion of a solid-liquid transition in vacuum at 29 K.
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:A1984TJ93600013
UR - https://openalex.org/W1972652826
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0002396050
U2 - 10.1016/0009-2614(84)80147-5
DO - 10.1016/0009-2614(84)80147-5
M3 - Journal Article
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 110
SP - 63
EP - 66
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 1
ER -