Entropic Effects on the Size Dependence of Cluster Structure
Abstract
We show that the vibrational entropy can play a crucial role in determining the equilibrium structure of clusters by constructing structural phase diagrams showing how the structure depends upon both size and temperature. These phase diagrams are obtained for example rare gas and metal clusters.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- April 2001
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3570
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0011466
- Bibcode:
- 2001PhRvL..86.3570D
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter;
- Atomic and Molecular Clusters
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 3 figures