Structural transitions in sodium chloride nanocrystals

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Hudgins, RR
Dugourd, P
Tenenbaum, JM
Jarrold, MF
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[1] CNRS,UMR 5579,SPECTROMETRIE ION & MOL LAB,F-69622 VILLEURBANNE,FRANCE
[2] UNIV LYON 1,F-69622 VILLEURBANNE,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4213
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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High resolution ion mobility measurements have been used to examine structural transitions in (NaCl)(n)Cl- nanocrystals with between 30 and 40 NaCl units. Transformations between bulk fragment geometries with different j x k x l dimensions are observed at ambient temperatures. In some of these transformations, close to half the atoms are relocated, yet the Arrhenius activation energies are less than 0.6 eV. A surface diffusion mechanism is proposed to explain the remarkably low activation energies.
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页码:4213 / 4216
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