Superheating of free-standing nanometals under pressure

Superheating of free-standing nanometals under pressure

A simple and new analytical model is proposed to explore the pressure effect on melting temperature for free-standing nanoparticles, based on the Lindemann's formula of melting and the size-dependent Grüneisen parameter. The Grüneisen parameter is a valuable quantity which can be used to set th...

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Published in:Europhysics letters Vol. 126; no. 2; pp. 26001 - 26006
Main Authors: Pachauri, U., Joshi, D. P., Arora, N.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing and Società Italiana di Fisica 01-04-2019
IOP Publishing
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External pressure
Gruneisen parameter
Interatomic distance
Lattice parameters
Melt temperature
Melting
Nanomaterials
Nanoparticles
Pressure dependence
Pressure effects
Superheating
Temperature dependence
Thermodynamic properties
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Summary:A simple and new analytical model is proposed to explore the pressure effect on melting temperature for free-standing nanoparticles, based on the Lindemann's formula of melting and the size-dependent Grüneisen parameter. The Grüneisen parameter is a valuable quantity which can be used to set the limitations on the pressure and temperature dependence of thermal properties. The present study reveals that the Grüneisen parameter decreases with the decrement in particle size due to variation in specific heat and lattice constant. On the other hand, melting temperature shows a superheating phenomenon with an increment in pressure for an individual size of free-standing nanoparticles. Due to compression the interatomic distance decreases and there is comparatively more interaction within the atoms of nanoparticles under pressure. Compactness of nanomaterial and reduction in surface vibrations due to external pressure create favourable conditions for superheating. This model is applied to Al (37 nm), Pb (6.7 nm) and Bi (50 nm) nanometals over a range of pressure up to 1 GPa. The consistency of the calculated results with the available experimental data of melting for the above-said materials as core in a particle/matrix system by induced pressure supports the validity of the proposed model.
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ISSN:0295-5075
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1286-4854
DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/126/26001