@Article{cmc.2013.038.079,
AUTHOR = {Kai  Wang, Guojian  Li, Qiang  Wang, Huimin  Wang, Jiaojiao  Du, Jicheng He},
TITLE = {Structural Evolutions of the Clusters During the Melting and Coalescence Processes},
JOURNAL = {Computers, Materials \& Continua},
VOLUME = {38},
YEAR = {2013},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {79--89},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/cmc/v38n2/23494},
ISSN = {1546-2226},
ABSTRACT = {Study on the behaviors of the melting and coalescence of clusters in atomic scale may create new structure at nanoscale, which is a very important research field. The structural evolutions of clusters Cu<sub>321</sub>, Co<sub>321</sub>, and Ni<sub>321</sub> during their melting and coalescence processes were studied using molecular dynamics simulation with a general embedded atom method in this paper. It was found that the geometries of Cu<sub>321</sub> and Co<sub>321</sub> transformed to icosahedron from fcc near their melting points, which leads to the increase of their melting points. Concerning the coalescence, it was found that Cu atoms easily formed a coating layer on the surface of Co<sub>321</sub> which inhibited the formation of icosahedron in the coalesced complex. The icosahedron was formed during the coalescence of Ni<sub>321</sub>Co<sub>321</sub>. These results indicated that the structures were tuned by changing the thermodynamic or coalescence processes.},
DOI = {10.3970/cmc.2013.038.079}
}