Study of the Influence of Nanostructure Size on Melting Temperature by Molecular Dynamics
S. S. Ivanenko1, A. V. Utkin1,2, V. M. Fomin1,2
1Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
2Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: molecular dynamics method, nanostructure, nanocluster, melting
Abstract
Using the molecular dynamics method, numerical experiments were conducted to study the dependence of the melting temperature of various materials (copper, silver, titanium, and silicon carbide) on the nanostructure size. Analysis of the obtained data showed that for all materials, starting from a certain nanostructure size, the melting temperature decreases with decreasing nanostructure size.
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