SOLID-LIKE AND LIQUID-LIKE BEHAVIOR IN SMALL BENZENE CLUSTERS - A MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF (C6H6)4

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DELMISTRO, G
STACE, AJ
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[1] School of Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton
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10.1016/0009-2614(90)85382-M
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed on the cluster (C6H6)4 with the individual molecules being treated as rigid rotors. Behaviour characteristic of melting is observed at internal temperatures as low as 80 K. It is concluded that the clusters begin to exhibit liquid-like properties when individual molecules acquire sufficient kinetic energy to execute large-ampli- tude motion. © 1990.
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