中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (11): 113604-114203.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/11/113604

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Irregular phenomenon induced by Ag atomic segregation during the heating process of Ag–Pd cluster

肖绪洋   

  1. School of Electronics Engineering, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing 402160, China
  • 收稿日期:2010-04-10 修回日期:2010-04-30 出版日期:2010-11-15 发布日期:2010-11-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by Chongqing Committee of Education of China (Grant No. KJ081208).

Irregular phenomenon induced by Ag atomic segregation during the heating process of Ag–Pd cluster

Xiao Xu-Yang(肖绪洋)   

  1. School of Electronics Engineering, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing 402160, China
  • Received:2010-04-10 Revised:2010-04-30 Online:2010-11-15 Published:2010-11-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by Chongqing Committee of Education of China (Grant No. KJ081208).

摘要: This paper studies the melting of icosahedral Ag-Pd bimetallic clusters by using molecular dynamics with the embedded atom method. It finds that the mixed Ag-Pd cluster shows an irregular phenomenon before melting, i.e., the atomic energy decreases with the increase of temperature. It indicates that the segregation of Ag atoms results in this phenomenon by analysing atomic radius distribution. Since the surface energy of Ag is lower than that of Pd, this leads to the result that the decreased energy by the Ag atomic segregation is larger than the increased energy by the heating. This provides a new method to obtain irregular thermodynamic properties.

Abstract: This paper studies the melting of icosahedral Ag–Pd bimetallic clusters by using molecular dynamics with the embedded atom method. It finds that the mixed Ag–Pd cluster shows an irregular phenomenon before melting, i.e., the atomic energy decreases with the increase of temperature. It indicates that the segregation of Ag atoms results in this phenomenon by analysing atomic radius distribution. Since the surface energy of Ag is lower than that of Pd, this leads to the result that the decreased energy by the Ag atomic segregation is larger than the increased energy by the heating. This provides a new method to obtain irregular thermodynamic properties.

Key words: bimetallic cluster, heating, Ag–Pd, molecular dynamics

中图分类号:  (Solid-liquid transitions)

  • 64.70.D-
64.75.-g (Phase equilibria) 68.35.Md (Surface thermodynamics, surface energies)