Structural segregation and ordering of trimetallic Cu-Ag-Au nanoclusters

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2224-2227

  Liu, H B ^a   Espinosa Medina, M A ^a   Sosa, E ^a   De La Torre, G Carbajal ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics simulation; Segregation; Structure; Trimetallic cluster

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCLUSTERS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TERNARY ALLOYS;

AU NANOCLUSTERS; EMPIRICAL POTENTIALS; FINITE TEMPERATURES; LONG RANGES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; STRUCTURAL SEGREGATION; TRIMETALLIC; TRIMETALLIC CLUSTERS;

COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 72749124513     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1277     Document Type: Article

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