Capillary pressure and phonons in Ag, Au, Cu and Ni nanoparticles

Phase Transitions

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 51-58

  Meyer, R ^a   Prakash, S ^b   Entel, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Molecular dynamics simulations; Phonon density of states

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHONONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHONON DENSITY OF STATES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0037847727     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590290022932     Document Type: Article

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