This report deals with the mechanism behind the unusual behavior of nanostructures in
mechanical strength, thermal stability, acoustics (lattice dynamics), photonics, electronics …

Contrary to continuous phase transitions, where renormalization group theory provides a
general framework, for discontinuous phase transitions such a framework seems to be …

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 …

Direct measurements of carbon nanotube growth kinetics are described based upon time-
resolved reflectivity (TRR) of a HeNe laser beam from vertically aligned nanotube arrays …

In 1954, Takagi demonstrated for the first time that ultrafine metallic particles melt below their
corresponding bulk melting temperature. 1 It is now known that the melting temperature of all …

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 …

Changes in the dynamics of supported polymer films in comparison to bulk materials involve
a complex convolution of effects, such as substrate interactions, roughness, and compliance …

A unified model, free of any adjustable parameters, for the size-dependence and dimension-
dependence of melting point depression and superheating of nanocrystals is developed. In …

Based on a size-dependent root of mean square amplitude (rms) model, the size-dependent
Debye temperatures of nanocrystals are modeled without any adjustable parameter by …

On the basis of a model for size-dependent cohesive energy, the size, shape, and
dimensionality effects on melting temperatures of nanocrystals are modeled in a unified …