Size and mechanics effects in surface-induced melting of nanoparticles

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Levitas, Valery I ^a   Samani, Kamran ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; HEATING; LIQUID; MELTING POINT; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLID STATE; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; VISCOSITY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICS; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955072542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1275     Document Type: Article

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