Combining rare events techniques: phase change in Si nanoparticles

Details Combining rare events techniques: phase change in Si nanoparticles Combining rare events techniques: phase change in Si nanoparticles

2011-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/1104.3424v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

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We introduce a combined Restrained MD/Parallel Tempering approach to study the difference in free energy as a function of a set of collective variables between two states in presence of unknown slow degrees of freedom. We applied this method to study the relative stability of the amorphous vs crystalline nanoparticles of size ranging between 0.8 and 1.8 nm as a function of the temperature. We found that, at variance with bulk systems, at low T small nanoparticles are amorphous and undergo an amorphous-to-crystalline phase transition at higher T. On the contrary, large nanoparticles recover the bulk-like behavior: crystalline at low $T$ and amorphous at high T.

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