The Melting Behaviors of the Bimetallic Cluster ConCu55-n(n=0~55)

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The melting behaviors of ConCu55-n(n=0~55) bimetallic cluster were studied by using semi-empirical Gupta potential combined with molecular dynamics simulations. The melting point of the ConCu55-n(n=0~55) cluster shows itself the trend of going up, accompanied by the increasing of the Cobalt atomicity. However, it is between Co55 and Cu55 elementary cluster for melting point overall. Meanwhile the variation in the width of pre-melting temperature is greater, if around n0 or n55, but it is lesser nearly n55/2(namely Co and Cu at the same atomicity). In addition, the saturation point of specific heat capacity can be determined corresponding to the peak of Lindemann index.

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