A molecular dynamics study of melting and dissociation of tungsten nanoparticles

• Published in: AIP advances Vol. 5; no. 12; pp. 127131 - 127131-10
• Main Authors: Li, Min, Wang, Jun, Fu, Baoqin, Hou, Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 01.12.2015; AIP Publishing LLC
• Subjects: COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; DUSTS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MELTING; MELTING POINTS; Molecular dynamics; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD; NANOPARTICLES; Nuclear fusion; POTENTIALS; POWDERS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS; TUNGSTEN

Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to study the melting and dissociation of free tungsten nanoparticles. For the various interatomic potentials applied, the melting points of the tungsten nanoparticles increased with increasing nanoparticle diameter. Combining these results with the melti...