铜原子纳米团簇热力学性质的分子动力学模拟研究

本文利用分子动力学模拟方法,研究了CuN(N=80、140、216、312、408、500、628和736)纳米团簇在热化和冷凝过程中结构和热力学性质的变化,模型采用的是Johnson的EAM作用势.模拟结果表明:铜团簇的熔点和凝固点随其尺寸线性增加,并逐渐向大块晶体靠拢;所有团簇的凝固点都低于熔点,出现凝固过程中的滞后现象;在熔点和凝固点附近,团簇都具有负热容特性,负热容是由相变前后团簇内部结构突变引起的.     

银、钴和铂原子纳米团簇熔化过程的分子动力学模拟

本文采用分子动力学模拟方法,研究了银、钴和铂原子纳米团簇的熔化过程,模型采用的是Johson的EAM作用势.模拟结果表明,较大原子数目的纳米团簇其熔点随尺寸单调增加,而较小原子数目的团簇熔点和尺寸呈现无规则变化;大多数团簇在熔点附近都出现了负热容现象,说明负热容是纳米团簇在熔化过程中的一个普遍现象.     

铜原子纳米团簇热力学性质的分子动力学模拟研究

本文利用分子动力学模拟方法，研究了CuN（N=80、140、216、312、408、500、628和736）纳米团簇在热化和冷凝过程中结构和热力学性质的变化，模型采用的是Johnson的EAM作用势．模拟结果表明：铜团簇的熔点和凝固。点随其尺寸线性增加，并逐渐向大块晶体靠拢；所有团簇的凝固。羔都低于熔点，出现凝固过程中的滞后现象；在熔点和凝固点附近，团簇都具有负热容特性，负热容是由相变前后团簇内部结构突变引起的。     

银、钴和铂原子纳米团簇熔化过程的分子动力学模拟

本采用分子动力学模拟方法，研究了银、钴和铂原子纳米团簇的熔化过程，模型采用的是Johson的EAM作用势。模拟结果表明，较大原子数目的纳米团簇其熔点随尺寸单调增加，而较小原子数目的团簇熔点和尺寸呈现无规则变化；大多数团簇在熔点附近都出现了负热容现象，说明负热容是纳米团簇在熔化过程中的一个普遍现象。     

小尺寸铝纳米团簇的相变行为

采用分子动力学方法模拟了半径从0.3–1.3 nm变化的小尺寸铝纳米团簇的熔化、凝固行为. 基于势能-温度曲线、热容-温度曲线分析, 获得了熔点、凝固点与尺寸的依变关系, 并利用表面能理论、小尺寸效应开展了现象分析.研究表明, 铝团簇原子数小于80时, 熔点和凝固点的尺寸依赖性出现无规律的异常变化; 而大于该原子数, 熔、凝固点则随着团簇尺寸的减小而单调下降; 当原子数为27时, 团簇熔点高于块材熔点近40 K. 同时, 铝纳米团簇呈现出凝固滞后现象, 即凝固点低于熔点. 关键词： 纳米团簇 熔点 凝固点 分子动力学     

银纳米团簇负热容现象的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法和嵌入原子法(EAM)多体势函数,模拟研究了银纳米团簇在不同温度直到熔化过程中的结构变化,得到了体系能量和热容量随温度的变化关系.结果显示:银纳米团簇在临近熔点附近出现了负热容现象.研究了弛豫后银纳米团簇的稳态结构变化及其在不同时刻结构的演变过程.结果表明:产生负热容现象的主要原因是纳米团簇在熔点附近,结构发生了巨大的变化,形成由{111}和{100}面围成的结构十分稳定和能量更低的多面体.     

金原子纳米团簇的负热容现象的分子动力学模拟研究

文中采用微正则分子动力学方法模拟研究了原子数N=60到675之间的6种金原子纳米团簇从固态到液态的熔解过程,得到了势能和热容量随温度的变化关系.其结果表明,所模拟的6种团簇在熔点附近出现负热容,通过对这些团簇熔解前后的势能以及结构变化的分析,探讨了产生负热容的微观机制.     

大尺寸贵金属纳米团簇热力学性质的分子动力学模拟研究

采用分子动力学方法和原子嵌入势模拟了大尺寸金(n=1136～1556)、银(n=1088～1724)、铜(n=1000～1600)、铂(n=1004～1800)原子纳米团簇的熔化过程,得出了相应纳米团簇的势能随温度的变化曲线以及热容量随温度的变化曲线,研究了各种原子纳米团簇熔点与其团簇尺寸的关系.模拟结果表明团簇的熔点随团簇尺寸增大而升高,并逐渐向大块晶体靠拢.所有纳米团簇在熔化过程中在熔点附近都出现负热容现象,通过对团簇熔化前后结构的比较,分析了导致这种现象的原因.     

第十五届全国原子与分子物理学术会议:大尺寸贵金属纳米团簇热力学性质的分子动力学模拟研究

采用分子动力学方法和原子嵌入模型势模拟了大尺寸金（n=1136--1556）、银（n=1088--1724）、铜（n=1000--1600）、铂（n=1004--1800）原子纳米团簇的熔化过程,得出了相应纳米团簇的势能随温度的变化曲线以及热容量随温度的变化曲线,研究了各种原子纳米团簇熔点与其团簇尺寸的关系。模拟结果表明团簇的熔点随团簇尺寸增大而升高,并逐渐向大块晶体靠拢。所有纳米团簇在熔化过程中在熔点附近都出现负热容现象,通过对团簇熔化前后结构的比较研,分析了导致这种现象的原因。     

铜、银和铂原子纳米团簇负热容现象的分子动力学模拟研究

本文采用微正则分子动力学方法模拟研究了铂、铜和银原子纳米团族从固态到液态的熔化过程,得到热容量随温度变化关系,结果表明这三种金属纳米团簇在熔化过程中均出现了负热容现象,并通过对团簇热能随温度的变化关系以及团簇原子数径向分布的分析,探讨了产生负热容现象的微观机制.     

Molecular dynamics simulation of thermodynamical properties of copper clusters

The melting and freezing processes of Cu_N (N=180, 256, 360, 408, 500, 628 and 736) nanoclusters are simulated by using micro-canonical molecular dynamics simulation technique. The potential energies and the heat capacities as a function of temperature are obtained. The results reveal that the melting and freezing points increase almost linearly with the atom number in the cluster increasing. All copper nanoclusters have negative heat capacity around the melting and freezing points, and hysteresis effect in the melting/freezing transition is derived in Cu_N nanoclusters for the first time.     

纳米团簇熔化过程的分子动力学模拟

本文采用分子动力学结合嵌入原子多体势,模拟了不同半径的Ni纳米团簇的升温熔化过程,研究团簇尺寸对熔点和表面能的影响.模拟结果表明:团簇的熔点显著低于体材料的熔点.团簇熔化的过程首先是在团簇的表面出现预熔,然后向团簇内部扩展,直到整个团簇完全熔为液态.在模拟的纳米尺度范围内,团簇的熔点与团簇尺寸基本成线性关系.团簇的表面能随着团簇尺寸的增大而减小,而且表面能均高于体材料的表面能.     

Critical sizes and characteristics of nanoclusters and nanostructures

Critical sizes and characteristics of nanoclusters and nanostructures are introduced as parameters of nanosystems. The following critical characteristics are under consideration: atomic and electronic magic numbers, critical size of cluster nucleation, critical size of melting–freezing of cluster, critical size of the first order magnetic phase transition. The critical characteristics are treated in terms of thermodynamics and tested by Mössbauer spectroscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, heat capacity and other methods.     

Peculiarities of gallium crystallization in confined geometry

The freezing and melting phase transitions for gallium embedded into a porous glass with a pore size of about 8 nm were studied using acoustic, NMR, and x-ray techniques. It was shown that the broadened solidification and melting transitions upon deep cooling up to complete freezing at 165 K were due to the formation of β-Ga within pores. The offset of confined β-Ga melting was lowered by about 21 K compared to the bulk β-Ga melting point. Both melting and freezing in pores were irreversible. The fulfillment of some special thermal conditions led to gallium crystallization into other modifications. The role of heterogeneous crystallization in freezing of confined gallium is discussed.     

Surface effect on the coalescence of Pt clusters: A molecular dynamics study

We have performed molecular dynamics simulations for Pt_N + Pt_N → Pt_2N (N = 147, 324, 500,792), to investigate the effect of size and substrate on coalescence temperature. Our simulations show that platinum nanoclusters coalesce at the temperatures lower than the cluster melting point. The difference between coalescence and melting temperatures decreases with the increase in cluster size and presence of substrate. These thermal behaviors affect catalytical properties of nanoclusters and the substrate, as an environment, has major effect on activity of metal nanoclusters.     

Structure and thermal properties of supported catalyst clusters for single-walled carbon nanotube growth

Structure and thermal properties of supported iron clusters were studied using molecular dynamics simulations. When supported clusters are in the liquid state, their surfaces have spherical curvature, whereas solid clusters form a layered crystalline structure. The cluster freezing (melting) point increases dramatically with increasing cluster-substrate interaction strength, and rapid diffusion of cluster surface atoms is observed below the freezing point.     

Effect of temperature on structural transformations of nickel nanoclusters

The gas-phase condensation of nickel nanoclusters is simulated by the molecular dynamics method with the use of tight-binding potentials. It is revealed that subsequent heating of the synthesized clusters to temperatures of 400–500 K leads to a substantial improvement of their internal structure with a hexagonal close-packed phase predominating. Upon heating of the nanoparticles above the melting point and subsequent gradual cooling, the formation of a cluster structure depends strongly on the cooling rate. The inference is made that heating of the nanoclusters synthesized from a gas phase can be used for the controlled formation of nickel nanoparticles with a predicted structure.