Level Statistics and Specific Heat of Metallic Nano-Particles

Chin. Phys. Lett.

2003, Vol. 20

Issue (5): 731-734 DOI:

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Level Statistics and Specific Heat of Metallic Nano-Particles

CHENG Nan-Pu¹;CHEN Zhi-Qian^1,2;CHEN-Hong¹

¹Department of Physics, Southwest China Normal University, Chongqing 400715 ²Institute of Material Science, Southwest China Normal University, Chongqing 400715

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CHENG Nan-Pu, CHEN Zhi-Qian, CHEN-Hong 2003 Chin. Phys. Lett. 20 731-734

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Abstract The thermodynamic properties of an ensemble of metallic nano-particles are affected by the level distribution and the level correlation between the discrete electronic energy levels. We numerically calculate the specific heat of metallic nano-particles in the canonical ensemble with an odd or even number of electrons by considering the effects of the level distribution and the level correlation. The behaviour of the specific heat at low and high temperatures, compared with the average nearest-neighbor level spacing, is also investigated.

Keywords: 74.25.Bt 71.24.-w 71.24.+q

Published: 01 May 2003

PACS:	74.25.Bt	(Thermodynamic properties)
	71.24.-w
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