It is now 100 years since Lennard-Jones published his first paper introducing the now
famous potential that bears his name. It is therefore timely to reflect on the many …

The structural properties of free nanoclusters are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the
interplay of energetic, thermodynamic, and kinetic factors in the explanation of cluster …

The properties of small clusters of Lennard-Jones atoms were studied by using molecular
dynamics simulations. Clusters containing from 13 to 147 atoms were found to undergo a …

This overview of energy landscapes will focus on some rigorous properties of potential
energy surfaces (PES's), especially the symmetry properties of steepest-descent paths, and …

Data on the experimental structure of small particles is reviewed, the emphasis being an
attempt to correlate experimental information with theoretical models. First, a general …

Understanding thermal and phonon transport in solids has been of great importance in
many disciplines such as thermoelectric materials, which usually requires an extremely low …

Most textbooks explain quantum mechanics as a story where each step follows naturally
from the one preceding it. However, the development of quantum mechanics was exactly the …

Clusters as mesoscopic particles represent an intermediate state of matter between single
atoms and solid material. The tendency to miniaturise technical objects requires knowledge …

Classification of the fragments which are obtained by successive division of material is given
according to their sizes. The particles are called fine particles when they consist of the order …

With the rapid improvement of computer performance, tremendous heat generation in the
chip becomes a major serious concern for thermal management. Meanwhile, CPU chips are …