TRANSITION FROM MULTIPLY TWINNED ICOSACHEDRAL TO CUBOCTAHEDRAL SYMMETRY IN PARTICLES IN ARBITRARY SIZE

Authors
ARAGON JL
Citation
Jl. Aragon, TRANSITION FROM MULTIPLY TWINNED ICOSACHEDRAL TO CUBOCTAHEDRAL SYMMETRY IN PARTICLES IN ARBITRARY SIZE, Chemical physics letters, 226(3-4), 1994, pp. 263-267
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
226
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
263 - 267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1994)226:3-4<263:TFMTIT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A mechanism based on rotations in six dimensions is applied to the con tinuous transformation of the Mackay icosahedron to cuboctahedron. The approach is valid for particles with any number of atoms. The evoluti on is parametrized by just one parameter and a continuum of intermedia te structures is obtained. A small energy barrier between these struct ures exists under a Lennard-Jones potential.