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Breaking the wire: the impact of critical length on melting pathways in silver nanowires
Kannan M Ridings, Eneasi E L Vaka'uta, Sam M Croot
We explore the melting mechanisms of silver nanowires through molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical modelling, where we observe that two distinct mechanisms or pathways em…
Nanowire Melting Modes during the Solid-Liquid Phase Transition: Theory and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Kannan M. Ridings, Shaun C. Hendy
Molecular dynamics simulation have shown that after initial surface melting, nanowires can melt via two mechanisms: an interface front moves towards the wire centre; the growth of…
Surface Melting and Breakup of Metal Nanowires: Theory and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Kannan M. Ridings, Thomas S. Aldershof, Shaun C. Hendy
We consider the surface melting of metal nanowires by solving a phenomenological two-parabola Landau model and by conducting molecular dynamics simulations of nickel and aluminium…