Modeling the thermodynamic properties of bimetallic nanosolids

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 810-817

  Li, Y J ^a,b   Qi, W H ^a,b   Huang, B Y ^a   Wang, M P ^a,b   Xiong, S Y ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Metals; A. Nanostructures; D. Thermodynamic properties

Indexed keywords

A. METALS; A. NANOSTRUCTURES; ATOMIC DIAMETER; COHESIVE ENERGIES; CRITICAL SIZE; D. THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LARGE SIZES; LIQUIDUS CURVE; MELTING TEMPERATURES; MODEL PREDICTION; NANO-PHASE; NANOSOLIDS; ORDERING TEMPERATURE; PD ALLOY; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SIZE DEPENDENT; TWO-PHASE ZONES;

CURIE TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PALLADIUM; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SILVER; SMELTING; SURFACE SEGREGATION;

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 77950338748     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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