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American Physical Society, Physical review B, 12(71)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.71.125426

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Prediction of intercluster separation and Schottky-type heat-capacity contribution in surface-segregated binary and ternary alloy nanocluster systems

Journal article published in 2005 by Micha Polak, Leonid Rubinovich ORCID
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Abstract

Site-specific average atomic concentrations computed for systems of Rh-Cu, Ni-Cu and Rh-Ni-Cu icosahedral and cuboctahedral free nanoclusters of different sizes by the “free-energy concentration expansion method” are used for evaluating pertinent cluster thermodynamic functions. Compared to stable surface segregated “magic-number” structures, at intermediate overall compositions the cluster system is expected to separate into these “phases.” A Schottky-type heat-capacity anomaly is predicted and attributed to atomic exchange (e.g., desegregation) excitation processes. Its measurement can elucidate the cluster segregation energetics.