Theoretical study of the thermally induced structural fluctuations in sub-nanometre size gold clusters

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Cabrera Trujillo, José Manuel ^a   Montejano Carrizales, Juan Martín ^a   Aguilera Granja, Faustino ^a   Posada Amarillas, Álvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clusters and Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STABILITY;

CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; CLUSTERS AND NANOSTRUCTURES; SIMULATED ANNEALING SIMULATIONS; STRUCTURAL FLUCTUATIONS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; STRUCTURE AND ENERGETICS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; WELL-DEFINED STRUCTURES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84933522173     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60058-y     Document Type: Article

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