تقرير
Structural transformations in Cu, Ag, and Au metal nanoclusters
| العنوان: | Structural transformations in Cu, Ag, and Au metal nanoclusters |
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| المؤلفون: | Settem, Manoj, Roncaglia, Cesare, Ferrando, Riccardo, Giacomello, Alberto |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | Condensed Matter |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Condensed Matter - Materials Science |
| الوصف: | Finite-temperature structures of Cu, Ag, and Au metal nanoclusters are calculated in the entire temperature range from 0 K to melting using a computational methodology that we proposed recently [Settem \emph{et al.}, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 939]. In this method, Harmonic Superposition Approximation (HSA) and Parallel Tempering Molecular Dynamics (PTMD) are combined in a complementary manner. HSA is accurate at low temperatures and fails at higher temperatures. PTMD, on the other hand, effectively samples the high temperature region and melting. This method is used to study the size- and system-dependent competition between various structural motifs of Cu, Ag, and Au nanoclusters in the size range 1 to 2 nm. Results show that there are mainly three types of structural changes in metal nanoclusters depending on whether a solid-solid transformation occurs. In the first type, global minimum is the dominant motif in the entire temperature range. In contrast, when a solid-solid transformation occurs, the global minimum transforms either completely to a different motif or partially resulting in a co-existence of multiple motifs. Finally, nanocluster structures are analyzed to highlight the system-specific differences across the three metals. Comment: The following article has been accepted by Journal of Chemical Physics. After it is published, it will be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159257. Accepted version of the manuscript (along with supplementary material) consists of 32 pages, 11 figures |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1063/5.0159257 |
| URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.07792 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsarx.2308.07792 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1063/5.0159257 |
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