Entropy and phase coexistence in clusters: Metals vs. nonmetals

Entropy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1303-1324

  Berry, Richard Stephen ^a   Smirnov, Boris Michailovich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cluster phase changes; Dielectric clusters; Entropy; Metal clusters; Solid liquid coexistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953486388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e12051303     Document Type: Article

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