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Phase Transitions in Clusters: A Bridge to Condensed Matter

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Linking the Gaseous and Condensed Phases of Matter

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Clusters of atoms or molecules, consisting of as few as three and as many as many thousands of particles, exhibit some properties of individual molecules, some properties of bulk matter and some properties characteristic specifically of small finite systems, that is, of clusters themselves. One of the unique sets of properties of clusters is their behavior with respect to phase equilibrium and phase changes--or at least to the analogues of the phases of bulk matter as they manifest themselves in small systems. Yet the unique phase behavior of clusters gives us new insights into the nature of phase equilibrium, phase transitions and metastability of the phases of bulk matter. This Chapter is a review of the status of this subject, which still has many major open questions.

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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

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  2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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  3. Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany

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Berry, R.S. (1994). Phase Transitions in Clusters: A Bridge to Condensed Matter. In: Christophorou, L.G., Illenberger, E., Schmidt, W.F. (eds) Linking the Gaseous and Condensed Phases of Matter. NATO ASI Series, vol 326. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2540-0_15

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