The structure and stability of atomic liquids: From clusters to bulk
Insights into the structure of simple liquids are presented from analysis of the effect of the range of interatomic forces on the multidimensional potential energy surfaces of bulk material and clusters. An understanding at the microscopic level is provided of how the liquid phase is destabilized in...
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| description | Insights into the structure of simple liquids are presented from analysis of the effect of the range of interatomic forces on the multidimensional potential energy surfaces of bulk material and clusters. An understanding at the microscopic level is provided of how the liquid phase is destabilized in systems with very short-range interparticle forces. For small clusters bound by long-range interatomic forces, the lowest energy minimum has an amorphous structure typical of the liquidlike state. This suggests an explanation for the transition from electronic to geometric magic numbers (structures of special stability) observed in the mass spectra of sodium clusters. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:038589ea-6ccc-4b26-831e-67ea3ebc86f52022-03-26T08:46:48ZThe structure and stability of atomic liquids: From clusters to bulkJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:038589ea-6ccc-4b26-831e-67ea3ebc86f5Symplectic Elements at Oxford1996Doye, JWales, DInsights into the structure of simple liquids are presented from analysis of the effect of the range of interatomic forces on the multidimensional potential energy surfaces of bulk material and clusters. An understanding at the microscopic level is provided of how the liquid phase is destabilized in systems with very short-range interparticle forces. For small clusters bound by long-range interatomic forces, the lowest energy minimum has an amorphous structure typical of the liquidlike state. This suggests an explanation for the transition from electronic to geometric magic numbers (structures of special stability) observed in the mass spectra of sodium clusters. |
| spellingShingle | Doye, J Wales, D The structure and stability of atomic liquids: From clusters to bulk |
| title | The structure and stability of atomic liquids: From clusters to bulk |
| title_full | The structure and stability of atomic liquids: From clusters to bulk |
| title_fullStr | The structure and stability of atomic liquids: From clusters to bulk |
| title_full_unstemmed | The structure and stability of atomic liquids: From clusters to bulk |
| title_short | The structure and stability of atomic liquids: From clusters to bulk |
| title_sort | structure and stability of atomic liquids from clusters to bulk |
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