Melting of aluminium clusters

Simple item page
dc.creatorNoya, Eva G.
dc.creatorDoye, Jonathan P. K.
dc.creatorCalvo, Florent
dc.date2005-09-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:27:36Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:27:36Z
dc.descriptionThe melting of Al clusters in the size range 49 <= N <= 62 has been studied using two model interatomic potentials. The results for the two models are significantly different. The glue potential exhibits a smooth relatively featureless heat capacity curve for all sizes except for N = 54 and N = 55, sizes at which icosahedral structures are favoured over the polytetrahedral. Gupta heat capacity curves, instead, show a well-defined peak that is indicative of a first-order-like transition. The differences between the two models reflect the different ground-state structures, and neither potential is able to reproduce or explain the size dependence of the melting transition recently observed in experiments.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509334
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509334
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 73, 125407 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.73.125407
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/97458
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.subjectAtomic and Molecular Clusters
dc.titleMelting of aluminium clusters
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv