Origin of the diverse melting behaviors of intermediate-size nanoclusters: Theoretical study of AlN (N = 51-58, 64)

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 18287-18291

  Kang, Joongoo ^a   Wei, Su Huai ^a   Kim, Yong Hyun ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLUSTERS; ATOMIC LEVELS; CLUSTER CORES; CLUSTER SIZES; CONFIGURATION ENTROPY; DEGREE OF SYMMETRY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HEAT CAPACITIES; MELTING BEHAVIOR; MELTING TEMPERATURES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO SCALE; STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION; SURFACE SATURATION; SYMMETRY CHANGES; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES;

ALUMINUM; HEAT STORAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

MELTING;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78650608305     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja107683m     Document Type: Article

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