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Computer Simulations of Cluster-Solid Interactions: Energetic Clusters and Soft Landings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Mai Ghaly
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. 61801
R. S. Averback
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. 61801
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Abstract

The interaction of small energetic clusters of Cu atoms with Cu surfaces has been investigated by molecular dynamics computer simulations. The simulations are fully dynamical and three dimensional; they employ embedded atom method potentials. The simulations described here are an extension of our past work on cluster solid interactions [1]. In this work, the effects of the angle of incidence, energy, size and temperature of the cluster are examined. In addition, soft landings of Cu clusters on Cu are simulated.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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