Chapter 4 Properties of nanomaterials
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Size-dependent mel;ng <strong>of</strong> low-dimensional systems<br />
Empirical rela;ons are established between the cohesive energy, surface tension,<br />
and mel;ng temperature <strong>of</strong> different bulk solids. An expression for the sizedependent<br />
mel;ng for low-dimensional systems is derived on the basis <strong>of</strong> an<br />
analogy with the liquid-drop model and these empirical rela;ons, and compared<br />
with other theore;cal models as well as the available experimental data in the<br />
literature.
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