Size effect on thermodynamic properties of free nanocrystals
Materials Science
2009-11-13 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
We demonstrate that the discrete character of the vibrational spectrum of a small crystal accounts for size dependence of its thermodynamic properties and melting temperature. Using a self-consistent statistical method [Phys. Rev.B 66, 054302 (2002)] we derive the Gibbs free energy of free nanocrystalline plates and calculate the thermodynamic parameters as functions of plate thickness for Cu.
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@article{arxiv.0808.3487,
title = {Size effect on thermodynamic properties of free nanocrystals},
author = {A. I. Karasevskii and V. V. Lubashenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.3487},
year = {2009}
}
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24 pages, 11 figures