No Evidence for Size-Dependent Icosahedral - fcc Structural Transition in Rare-Gas Clusters

Waal van de, Benjamin W. (1996) No Evidence for Size-Dependent Icosahedral - fcc Structural Transition in Rare-Gas Clusters. Physical Review Letters, 76 (7). pp. 1083-1086. ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract:	A structural model for a 3000-atom Ar cluster has been developed whose simulated electron-diffraction pattern is in excellent agreement with hitherto unexplained experimental results [J. Farges et al., J. Chem. Phys. 59, 3454 (1973)]. Although the cluster size is intermediate with respect to the icosahedral and fcc crystalline regimes, the model does not involve a structural transition. It consists of a persisting multiply twinned core with dominant fivefold symmetry, surrounded by a faulted shell with defects that stimulate 3D fcc single crystal growth and prevent hcp stacking.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 1996 The American Physical Society
Research Group:	Solid State Physics (VSF)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/61213
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1083
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