Physics – Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Scientific paper
2010-10-18
The Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 15 (2010) 154501
Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3493375
The heat capacity of the mass selected Na41+ cluster has been measured using a differential nanocalorimetry method. A two-peak structure appears in the heat capacity curve of Na41+, whereas Schmidt and co-workers [ M. Schmidt, J. Donges, Th. Hippler, and H. Haberland, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 103401 (2003) ] observed, within their experimental accuracy, a smooth caloric curve. They concluded from the absence of any structure that there is a second order melting transition in Na41+ with no particular feature such as premelting. The observed difference with the latter results is attributed to the better accuracy of our method owing to its differential character. The two structures in the heat capacity are ascribed to melting and premelting of Na41+. The peak at lower temperature is likely due to an anti-Mackay to Mackay solid-solid transition.
Chirot Fabien
L'Hermite Jean-Marc
Labastie Pierre
Zamith Sébastien
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