Interest in nanomaterials and especially nanoparticles has exploded in the past decades
primarily due to their novel or enhanced physical and chemical properties compared to bulk …

Solid-liquid phase change material (PCM) is the key factor for the development of thermal
energy storage (TES) technology, which substantially contributes to the utilization of …

▪ Abstract Semiconductor nanowires and nanotubes exhibit novel electronic and optical
properties owing to their unique structural one-dimensionality and possible quantum …

Empirical relations are established between the cohesive energy, surface tension, and
melting temperature of different bulk solids. An expression for the size-dependent melting for …

In-situ epitaxial graphene (EG) strategy is adopted to activate the electrochemically inactive
silicon carbide (SiC) by constructing Schottky junction for high-performance anode of lithium …

Plasmonic gold nanorod instability and resha** behavior below melting points are
important for many future applications but are yet to be fully understood, with existing …

The Gibbs free energy of silver nanoparticles has been obtained from the calculations of
bulk free energy and surface free energy for both the solid and liquid phase. On the basis of …

Thermodynamic model first published in 1909, is being used extensively to understand the
size-dependent melting of nanoparticles. Pawlow deduced an expression for the size …

The thermal stability of unsupported gold (Au) nanoparticles, containing 140–6708 atoms,
has been investigated using molecular dynamics simulation in combination with the …

Computer simulations suggest that ultrathin metal wires should develop exotic,
noncrystalline stable atomic structures once their diameter decreases below a critical size of …