Melting a Copper Cluster: Critical-Droplet Theory
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We simulate the melting of a 71 Å diameter cluster of Cu. At low temperatures the crystal exhibits facets. With increasing temperatures the open facets pre–melt, the melted regions coalesce into a liquid envelope containing a crystalline nucleus, and the nucleus finally goes unstable to the supercooled liquid. Using critical droplet theory and experimental data for Cu, we explain the thermodyna...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Europhysics Letters (EPL)
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0295-5075,1286-4854
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/26/1/009