Dependence of Melting Temperature of a Gold Nanowire on Diameter

In this paper, we investigated the thermal properties and, equilibrium behavior of a gold nanowire with molecular dynamics simulation method. Thermal characteristics have been extracted with potential embedded atom model EAM. Comparing the results of simulations with experimental amounts, shows an acceptable accuricy. The energy, melting temperature and latent heat of melting have been calculated in NPT ensemble. The results show that with increasing diameter, both the melting temperature and the latent heat of melting increase.

کلیدواژه ها:

Molecular Dynamic Simulation ، Melting Temperature ، Gold Nanowire ، Diameter ، Latent Heat