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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• ARCIDIACONO, S
• WALTHER, J. H
• POULIKAKOS, D
• PASSERONE, D
• KOUMOUTSAKOS, P

Titel

Solidification of gold nanoparticles in carbon nanotubes

Ist Teil von

• Physical review letters, 2005-03, Vol.94 (10), p.105502-105502, Article 105502

Ort / Verlag

Ridge, NY: American Physical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

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Quelle

APS Journals (American Physical Society)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The structure and the solidification of gold nanoparticles in a carbon nanotube are investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The simulations indicate that the predicted solidification temperature of the enclosed particle is lower than its bulk counterpart, but higher than that observed for clusters placed in vacuum. A comparison with a phenomenological model indicates that, in the considered range of tube radii (R(CNT)) of 0.5 < R(CNT) < 1.6 nm, the solidification temperature depends mainly on the length of the particle with a minor dependence on R(CNT).