Heterophasic oscillations in nanoscale systems

Alexander Patashinski; Mark Ratner

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041106

Heterophasic oscillations in nanoscale systems

Alexander Patashinski^*, Mark Ratner

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Both the energy differences between metastable and stable phases and the energy barriers separating these phases decrease with decreasing particle number. Then, for small enough systems, random heterophasic fluctuations of the entire system become an observable form of thermal motion. We discuss mechanisms and observation conditions for these random transitions between phases.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	041106
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	78
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041106
State	Published - Oct 3 2008

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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Condensed Matter Physics

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