2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Dust Collisions in Protoplanetary Disks: Atomic Simulations of the Surface Free Energy
L. S. Morrissey, D. S. Ebel, L. E. J. Eriksson +4
Coagulation of dust particles in protoplanetary disks is the first step on the journey to the formation of planets. The surface free energy (SFE) of the dust particles determines t…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Surface Binding Energies for Amorphous Plagioclase Feldspar Calculated using Molecular Dynamics
Amanda Ricketts, Benjamin A. Clouter-Gergen, Anastasis Georgiou +2
Despite the well-established presence of amorphous compounds on planetary bodies such as the Moon and Mercury due to space weathering, the direct effect of atomic arrangement on th…