Size-dependent cohesive energy of fcc nanomaterials

ABSTRACT

A theoretical model for the study of size dependent cohesive energy of face-centered cubic (fcc) nanomaterials has been developed by considering the cluster order and particle size of these materials. Using the newly developed theoretical model, cohesive energy of Au, Ag and Al nanomaterials have been calculated and compared with other theoretical models and existing experimental data. The comparison of theoretical findings of the present work indicates that present developed theoretical model is in good agreement with available experimental results which show the validity of our work.

KEYWORDS:

• Nanomaterials
• cluster order
• cohesive energy