Molecular dynamics simulation of the physicochemical properties of silicon nanoparticles containing 73 atoms

Glass Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-95

  Galashev, A E ^a   Polukhin, V A ^b   Izmodenov, I A ^c   Rakhmanova, O R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF THERMAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BOND ANGLES; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33847392032     PISSN: 10876596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1087659607010130     Document Type: Article

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