Structure of Heated Metal Clusters During its Preparation

Authors

  • Alexander Gennadevich Vorontsov South Ural State University

Keywords:

structure of metal clusters, condensation, molecular dynamics

Abstract

Computer simulation study of non-equilibrium metal clusters are performed. It is found that cluster contains three layers: core layer, gas-like outer layer and intermediate well ordered layer. The changes of the layers with cluster size and its internal energy are discussed.

Author Biography

Alexander Gennadevich Vorontsov, South Ural State University

Cand.Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Associate Professor, General and Theoretical Physics Department

Published

2013-10-25

Issue

Section

Physics