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Published on: November 22, 2021
Properties of rotating nanoalloys formed by cluster collision: a computer simulation study
S A Paz1, E P M Leiva, J Jellinek
1INFIQC - Departamento de Matemática y Física, Fac. Cs. Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CP:5000 Córdoba, Argentina.
Abstract:
Results of dynamical simulations of collision-induced formation and properties of bimetallic nanoparticles are presented and analyzed. The analysis includes the effects of the collision energy and the impact parameter. For nonzero impact parameters, the formed (in many cases Janus-type) nanoparticles are rotating. The energy of the rotating nanoparticles is decomposed into the rotational and vibrational components, and the structural effects of these components are analyzed. Comparison is made with the case of the corresponding homoatomic systems, formed by collision of nanoparticles with the same elemental composition.
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