THE MELTING BEHAVIOR OF SMALL SILICON CLUSTERS

Authors
DINDA PT VLASTOUTSINGANOS G FLYTZANIS N MISTRIOTIS AD
Citation
Pt. Dinda et al., THE MELTING BEHAVIOR OF SMALL SILICON CLUSTERS, Physics letters. A, 191(3-4), 1994, pp. 339-345
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
191
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
339 - 345
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1994)191:3-4<339:TMBOSS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report an analysis of the melting behaviour of small silicon cluste rs interacting via a nonlinear interatomic potential with four-body te rms. The analysis shows, by means of Monte Carlo and molecular dynamic s simulations, that the small silicon clusters undergo, in a vacuum, s tructural changes from a solid rigid state to a liquid-like state. The melting temperature exhibits a strong variation with cluster size.