Free Energy Approach to the Formation of an Icosahedral Structure during the Freezing of Gold Nanoclusters

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2004-06-23

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0406107v4

Physics

Atomic and Molecular Clusters

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10.1103/PhysRevB.71.233401

The freezing of metal nanoclusters such as gold, silver, and copper exhibits a novel structural evolution. The formation of the icosahedral (Ih) structure is dominant despite its energetic metastability. This important phenomenon, hitherto not understood, is studied by calculating free energies of gold nanoclusters. The structural transition barriers have been determined by using the umbrella sampling technique combined with molecular dynamics simulations. Our calculations show that the formation of Ih gold nanoclusters is attributed to the lower free energy barrier from the liquid to the Ih phases compared to the barrier from the liquid to the face-centered-cubic crystal phases.

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