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of a<strong>to</strong>ms in the particle. [Adapted from A. J. Cox et al., Phys. Rev. 849, 12295 (1994).]<br />

Clusters of gold have been found <strong>to</strong> have the same melting point of bulk gold only<br />

when they contain 1000 a<strong>to</strong>ms or more. Figure 4.18 is a plot of the melting<br />

temperature of gold nanoparticles versus the diameter of the particle. The average<br />

separation of copper a<strong>to</strong>ms in a copper cluster approaches the value of the bulk<br />

material when the clusters have 100 a<strong>to</strong>ms or more. In general, it appears that<br />

different physical properties of clusters reach the characteristic values of the solid at<br />

different cluster sizes. The size of the cluster where the transition <strong>to</strong> bulk behavior<br />

occurs appears <strong>to</strong> depend on the property being measured.<br />

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