Magic number colloidal clusters as minimum free energy structures

Magic number cluster with closed shells and increased stability often result from potential energy minimization between attractive atoms or particles. Here, Wang et al. show that such magic number clusters can also result from entropy maximization in colloidal systems with negligible interactions.

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Autores principales: Junwei Wang, Chrameh Fru Mbah, Thomas Przybilla, Benjamin Apeleo Zubiri, Erdmann Spiecker, Michael Engel, Nicolas Vogel
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/e2332c26a9e448198917b91124505c6c
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Sumario:Magic number cluster with closed shells and increased stability often result from potential energy minimization between attractive atoms or particles. Here, Wang et al. show that such magic number clusters can also result from entropy maximization in colloidal systems with negligible interactions.