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Structural transformations and melting in neon clusters: quantum versus classical mechanics.

Pavel A Frantsuzov1, Dario Meluzzi, Vladimir A Mandelshtam

  • 1Chemistry Department, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|April 12, 2006
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Quantum effects significantly alter the phase diagrams of neon clusters, impacting structural transformations. Non-icosahedral structures are unfavorable in the quantum Lennard-Jones cluster model.

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Area of Science:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Background:

  • Lennard-Jones (LJ) clusters exhibit complex structures and phase behavior with varying size and temperature.
  • Accurate numerical simulations of these clusters are challenging, especially when incorporating quantum effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of quantum mechanics on the size-temperature phase diagrams of neon clusters.
  • To determine the impact of quantum effects on critical parameters of structural transformations in LJ clusters.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the variational Gaussian wave packet method.
  • Employed the exchange Monte Carlo sampling technique for quantum simulations.

Main Results:

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  • Quantum nature substantially affects the size-temperature phase diagrams of neon clusters.
  • Critical parameters for certain structural transformations are significantly altered by quantum effects.
  • Confirmed that non-icosahedral structures are not favorable for quantum LJ clusters.

Conclusions:

  • Quantum effects are crucial for accurately describing the behavior of neon clusters.
  • The study provides numerical evidence against the stability of non-icosahedral structures in quantum LJ clusters.