Coalescence of heteroclusters Au_(767) and Ag_(767):a molecular-dynamics study

作     者：李国建 王强 李虎田 王凯 赫冀成 

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education)Northeastern University 

出 版 物：《Chinese Physics B》 (中国物理B（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第17卷第9期

页      面：3343-3349页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 070203[理学-原子与分子物理] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 50374027) the program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (Grant No NCET-06-0289) the 111 project of China (Grant No B07015) 

主　　题：molecular dynamics embedded atom method heterocluster coalescence 

摘      要：This paper studies the coalescence of heteroclusters Au767 and Ag767 by using molecular dynamics with the embedded atom method, where layer atomic energy is employed to describe the potential energy variation of per atom in different layers along radial direction. The results show that the coalescence is driven by releasing the atomic energy of the coalesced zone. The deformation, which is induced by substitutional and vacancy diffusion during the coalescence, makes the coalesced cluster disorder. If the summation of the thermal energy and the released atomic energy is large enough to keep the disorder state, the clusters form a metastable liquid droplet; otherwise, the clusters coalesce into a solid cluster when the coalesced cluster reaches the equilibrium state, and the coalesced cluster experiences liquid to solid ordering changes during the coalescence of a solid Au767 with a liquid Ag767 and a liquid Au767 with a liquid Ag767. The centre of figure of the cluster system is shifted during the coalescence process, and higher coalescence temperature causes larger shift degree.