Why do gallium clusters have a higher melting point than the bulk? - art. no. 135506

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Chacko, S [1 ]
Joshi, K
Kanhere, DG
Blundell, SA
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[1] Univ Pune, Dept Phys, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India
[2] Univ Pune, Ctr Modelling & Simulat, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India
[3] CEA Grenoble, Dept Rech Fondamentale Mat Condensee, DSM, F-38054 Grenoble 9, France
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.135506
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O4 [物理学];
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Density functional molecular dynamical simulations have been performed on Ga-17 and Ga-13 clusters to understand the recently observed higher-than-bulk melting temperatures in small gallium clusters [G. A. Breaux et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 215508 (2003)]. The specific-heat curve, calculated with the multiple-histogram technique, shows the melting temperature to be well above the bulk melting point of 303 K, viz., around 650 and 1400 K for Ga-17 and Ga-13, respectively. The higher-than-bulk melting temperatures are attributed mainly to the covalent bonding in these clusters, in contrast with the covalent-metallic bonding in the bulk.
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