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Global minima for free \(\mathsf{Pt_{N}}\) clusters ( \(\mathsf{N = 22{-}56}\) ): a comparison between the searches with a molecular dynamics approach and a basin-hop** algorithm
Using molecular dynamics and thermal quenching simulation techniques, and the basin-hop** Monte Carlo algorithm we have studied the global minima and energetics of free Pt N c...
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Molecule-cluster collisions: reaction of D2 with Ni14
The reactive channel (dissociative of the molecule on the cluster) of the D2 + Ni14 collision system is studied via quasi-classical molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations. This is analysed as functions of t...
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Molecular dynamics study of the binding energy, sructure and melting of the isomers of Ni8 clusters
Using constant-energy molecular dynamics simulations, we have studied minimum-energy geometries, binding energies and melting behaviour of Ni8 clusters employing embedded-atom potential energy surface. The meltin...
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Collisionless fragmentation of small super-heated Nin, n = 4−6, clusters: molecular dynamics computer-simulation study
Collisionless fragmentation of non-rotating super-heated small Nin, n = 4−6, clusters are studied using microcanonical molecular-dynamics simulations. Survival probabilities and global fragmentation rate constant...
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A molecular dynamics study of small water clusters comparing two flexible models for water
We report results from a molecular dynamics study of small water clusters, (H2O) n=2,3,4,6,8, comparing the recent polarizable, dissociable (PD) model of Halley et al. with the central force Stillinger-Rahman (SR...
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Structural and dynamical properties of water dimer and tetramer: molecular dynamics study
A detailed evaluation of the structural and dynamical properties of isolated water dimers and tetramers using the Lemberg, Stillinger and Rahman potential energy surface and microcanonical molecular dynamics s...
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Structure, Melting, and Reactivity of Nickel Clusters from Numerical Simulations
Structure and reactivity are aspects common to surface science, organo- and inorganometallic chemistry, and to the relatively new field of cluster research. Here we use the term cluster to designate bare (“neet”,...
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Collisions of Molecules with Clusters: A Quasiclassical Study
Among the most intriguing and fascinating aspects of the physico-chemical phenomena taking place in very different systems, which form the subject matter of disciplines as diverse as nuclear physics, atomic ph...
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Surface melting in Ni55
The phenomenon of surface melting in a Ni55 cluster is predicted from results of molecular dynamics simulations.
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Cluster-molecule systems: Analysis and tuning of the interaction potential
The interaction (modelled by a LEPS potential) of a D2 molecule with an icosahedral Ni13 cluster is mapped and analyzed in the form of equipotential contour plots. The topological features of the map correlate wi...
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Phase Changes in Nickel Clusters from an Embedded-Atom Potential
The meltinglike behavior of Nin, n=12,13,14,19 clusters is studied using molecular dynamics simulations. The cohesion in clusters is modelled by an embedded-atom potential incorporating many-body effects. The fea...
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The D2+Ni13 Reaction: Mode-Specific and Structure-Specific Features
Results of a quasiclassical simulation study pertaining to the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the mode-selectivity and structure-reactivity correlation in the dissociative adsorption of a D2 molecule on ...
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Dissociative chemisorption of D2 on a Ni13 cluster
Selected characteristic results of a quasiclassical trajectory study of dissociative adsorption of a D2 molecule on a Ni13 cluster are presented. These include detailed probabilities as functions of the impact pa...