The stationary points of a potential energy surface provide a convenient framework for
coarse-graining calculations of thermodynamics and kinetics. Thermodynamic properties …

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 …

Molecular simulations are performed to study the self-assembly of particles with discrete,
attractive interaction sites−“patches”− at prescribed locations on the particle surface. Chains …

Gold and silver clusters with diameters in the nanometer-size range were grown in an inert-
gas beam and deposited on the end of a tungsten field emitter. The field-emission current …

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 …

We present extensive molecular-dynamics simulations of small gold particles of N= 100–900
atoms. We use a many-body interatomic potential of proven accuracy for gold surfaces …

A simple model for the size-dependent amplitude of the atomic thermal vibrations of a
nanocrystal is presented which leads to the development of a model for the size dependent …

Liquid helium clusters are produced by expanding gaseous 4 He into a vacuum from a cold
source with temperatures between 5 and 20 K at stagnation pressures from P 0= 8 to 20 bar …

The fact that the melting points of nanoparticles are always lower than those of the
corresponding bulk material is a paradigm supported by extensive experimental data for a …

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 …