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Title
Bond switching regimes in nickel and nickel-carbon nanoclusters
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Abstract
Understanding the fundamental dynamics in carbon nanotube (CNT) catalysts is of primary importance to understand CNT nucleation. This Letter reports on calculated bond switching (BS) rates in pure and carbon containing nickel nanoclusters. The rates are analyzed in terms of their temperature dependent spatial distribution and the mobility of the cluster atoms. The BS mechanism is found to change from vibrational to diffusional at around 900 K, with a corresponding strong increase in activation energy. Furthermore, the BS activation energy is observed to decrease as the carbon content in the cluster increases, resulting in an effective liquification of the cluster.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Chemical physics letters. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : 2010
ISSN
0009-2614 [print]
1873-4448 [online]
DOI
10.1016/J.CPLETT.2010.02.024
Volume/pages
488 :4/6 (2010) , p. 202-205
ISI
000275751900020
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Creation 11.03.2010
Last edited 20.08.2024
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