DOI: 10.1039/d6nr01124a ISSN: 2040-3364
On the microscopic description of sublimation and sublimation-driven melting in gold nanoparticles
Sankhadeep Bose, Mangaiyarkarasi Rajendiran, Bruno D'AguannoAn atomistic simulation framework reproduces and explains the full non-equilibrium sequence—sublimation, shrinkage, and sublimation-driven melting—observed in gold nanoparticle experiments under vacuum.