Molecular dynamics study of the size limit of the transition of silver nanoclusters with an initial amorphous substructure into FCC phase

Autor: D.A. Ryzhkova, S.L. Gafner, Yu.Ya. Gafner, A.A. Cherepovskaya
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Физико-химические аспекты изучения кластеров, наноструктур и наноматериалов, Iss 14, Pp 490-498 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2226-4442
2658-4360
DOI: 10.26456/pcascnn/2022.14.490
Popis: Silver nanoclusters with diameter of 3,0 to 7,0 nm were studied by the molecular dynamics method using the tight binding potential TB-SMA (second moment approximation of tight-binding potential). A search was made for the stability limits of structural modifications of these nanoclusters for determination of the size limit of the thermally induced structural transition from the initial amorphous morphology to the fcc phase. The new data were compared with the results of previous studies for Ag nanoparticles up to 2,0 nm in size with initial fcc and amorphous structures. It is shown that the studied nanoclusters can be conditionally divided into three categories. The first one (N < 100 atoms) is characterized by partial preservation of the original morphology. For the second one (d < 4,0 nm), there is competition between the icosahedral and decahedral structures. And for the thirds (d > 4,0 nm), the mixed fcc/hcp phase predominates. In this case, the size limit of the transition from the initial amorphous morphology to the structure characteristic for the bulk matter is a diameter of about 7,0 nm.
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