Sintering dynamics and thermal stability of novel configurations of Ag clusters

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1350-1357

  Guo, J Y ^a,c   Xu, C X ^a   Hu, A M ^b   Oakes, K D ^b   Sheng, F Y ^a   Shi, Z L ^a   Dai, J ^a   Jin, Z L ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; D. Crystal structure; D. Diffusion; D. Thermodynamic properties

Indexed keywords

AG CLUSTERS; DESIGN CONFIGURATIONS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; INITIAL DESIGN; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NANOCLUSTER STRUCTURE; SECOND-MOMENT APPROXIMATIONS; SINTERING PROCESS; TIGHT BINDING POTENTIAL;

DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SINTERING;

EID: 84864977391     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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