Size-dependent phase diagrams of metallic alloys: A Monte Carlo simulation study on order-disorder transitions in Pt-Rh nanoparticles

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Pohl, Johan ^a   Stahl, Christian ^a   Albe, Karsten ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Nanoparticles; Nanothermodynamics; Phase diagram; Pt Rh; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BULK-LIKE; CANONICAL ENSEMBLE; COMPOSITIONAL STABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; METALLIC ALLOYS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NANO-THERMODYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLE PHASE; ORDERED PHASE; ORDERED PHASIS; ORDERING TEMPERATURE; PLATINUM CONCENTRATION; PT-RH; SHORT RANGE ORDERS; SHORT-RANGE ORDER PARAMETERS; SIZE-DEPENDENT PHASE DIAGRAM; SURFACE PHASE; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION; TWO-PHASE REGION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; RHODIUM; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SURFACE SEGREGATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84855520915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21904286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.3.1     Document Type: Article

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