Lowering of surface melting temperature in atomic clusters with a nearly closed shell structure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Bagrets, A ^a   Werner, R ^b,c   Evers, F ^a,b   Schneider, G ^b,d   Schooss, D ^a   Wolfle P ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c DekaBank   (Germany)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954870996     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075435     Document Type: Article

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