| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1525414 | Materials Chemistry and Physics | 2010 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The Debye model of Helmholtz free energy for bulk material is generalized to Gibbs free energy (GFE) model for nanomaterial, while a shape factor is introduced to characterize the shape effect on GFE. The structural transitions of Ti and Zr nanoparticles are predicted based on GFE. It is further found that GFE decreases with the shape factor and increases with decreasing of the particle size. The critical size of structural transformation for nanoparticles goes up as temperature increases in the absence of change in shape factor. For specified temperature, the critical size climbs up with the increase of shape factor. The present predictions agree well with experiment values.
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Authors
Shiyun Xiong, Weihong Qi, Baiyun Huang, Mingpu Wang, Yejun Li,