Molecular-dynamics simulation of radiation damage on copper clusters


Erkoc S.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C, vol.11, no.5, pp.1025-1032, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

The effect of radiation damage on copper clusters has been investigated by performing molecular-dynamics simulation using empirical potential energy function for interaction between copper atoms. The external radiation is modeled by giving extra kinetic energy in the range of 5- 50 eV to initially chosen atom in the cluster. It has been found that the atom having extra kinetic energy dissociates independently from the amount of given energy in the studied range.