Direct observations of shape fluctuation in long-time atomistic simulations of metallic nanoclusters
Abstract
Metallic nanoclusters are functional materials whose unique physical and chemical properties are sensitively controlled by their shapes and structures. An in-depth understanding of their morphological stability is therefore of crucial importance. It has been well documented by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies that metallic nanoclusters can interconvert between different isomers. However, the relevant mechanisms remain elusive because the timescales of such shape fluctuations are too short to be resolved experimentally and yet too long for conventional atomistic simulations. By employing massively parallel accelerated molecular dynamics (AMD) simulations reaching timescales of milliseconds, here we provide a clear description of the dynamical processes leading to shape fluctuation in metallic nanoclusters of platinum, silver, copper, and gold at different sizes and temperatures. In all these materials, direct transformations between face-centered-cubic and fivefold symmetric structures (decahedron or icosahedron) are observed away from the melting point. These transitions occur following either a slip-mediated twinning mechanism or a surface-reconstruction driven process. The identified pathways are shown to be reversible, allowing for genuine shape fluctuation processes that do not involve melting or other external factors.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Xiamen Univ. (China)
- Xiamen Univ. (China)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1688775
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1488885
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-22655
Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953 (Electronic); TRN: US2204248
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396; 51871189; 11474234; 20150557ER
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953 (Electronic)
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Material Science
Citation Formats
Huang, Rao, Wen, Yuhua, Voter, Arthur Ford, and Perez, Danny. Direct observations of shape fluctuation in long-time atomistic simulations of metallic nanoclusters. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.126002.
Huang, Rao, Wen, Yuhua, Voter, Arthur Ford, & Perez, Danny. Direct observations of shape fluctuation in long-time atomistic simulations of metallic nanoclusters. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.126002
Huang, Rao, Wen, Yuhua, Voter, Arthur Ford, and Perez, Danny. Wed .
"Direct observations of shape fluctuation in long-time atomistic simulations of metallic nanoclusters". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.126002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1688775.
@article{osti_1688775,
title = {Direct observations of shape fluctuation in long-time atomistic simulations of metallic nanoclusters},
author = {Huang, Rao and Wen, Yuhua and Voter, Arthur Ford and Perez, Danny},
abstractNote = {Metallic nanoclusters are functional materials whose unique physical and chemical properties are sensitively controlled by their shapes and structures. An in-depth understanding of their morphological stability is therefore of crucial importance. It has been well documented by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies that metallic nanoclusters can interconvert between different isomers. However, the relevant mechanisms remain elusive because the timescales of such shape fluctuations are too short to be resolved experimentally and yet too long for conventional atomistic simulations. By employing massively parallel accelerated molecular dynamics (AMD) simulations reaching timescales of milliseconds, here we provide a clear description of the dynamical processes leading to shape fluctuation in metallic nanoclusters of platinum, silver, copper, and gold at different sizes and temperatures. In all these materials, direct transformations between face-centered-cubic and fivefold symmetric structures (decahedron or icosahedron) are observed away from the melting point. These transitions occur following either a slip-mediated twinning mechanism or a surface-reconstruction driven process. The identified pathways are shown to be reversible, allowing for genuine shape fluctuation processes that do not involve melting or other external factors.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.126002},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 12,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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