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Rearrangement collisions between gold clusters

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Collision processes between two gold clusters are investigated using classical molecular dynamics in combination with embedded atom (EA) potentials, after checking the reliability of the EA results by contrasting them with first principles calculations. The Au projectiles considered are both single atoms (N = 1) and clusters of N = 2, 12, 13 and 14 atoms. The targets contain N = 12, 13 and 14 gold atoms. The collision energy E and impact parameter b are chosen within a range such that the three regimes we are interested in studying (fusion, scattering and fragmentation) are realized. The results of the collision processes are described and analyzed in detail, and compared with previous work.

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  1. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653,, Santiago 1,, Chile

    J. Rogan

  2. Facultad de Física, Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, 6904411, Santiago, Chile

    R. Ramírez, A. H. Romero & M. Kiwi

  3. Advanced Materials Department, IPICyT, Apartado Postal 3-74, Tangamanga, 78231 San Luis Potosí, SLP México, Mexico

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Received: 19 May 2003

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36.40.Qv Stability and fragmentation of clusters - 36.40.Mr Spectroscopy and geometrical structure of clusters - 61.46. + w Nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals - 82.30.Nr Association, addition, insertion, cluster formation

Supported by the Fondo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (FONDECYT, Chile) under grants #8990005, #1010988 and 1030957 and DIPUC-Chile.

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Rogan, J., Ramírez, R., Romero, A.H. et al. Rearrangement collisions between gold clusters. Eur. Phys. J. D 28, 219–228 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00314-3

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