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第 20卷第 4期 海南师范大学学报 (自然科学版， Vo1．20 No．4 2007年 12月 Journal of Hainan Normal University(Natural Science) Dec．2007 Thermodynamic model of superheating in Ag nanowires Shi Duanwen’，He Liangming2 (1．D印artment ofPhysics，Hainan Normal Uni ersity，Haik0u 571158，China； 2．Colle cs d E1ectronic Engineering，Guangxi Universityfor Nationalities，Nan ing 530006,China) Abstract：In this paper，a classical thermodynamic model was given to describe the superheating 0f Ni—c0ated Ag nan0wires．The nucleation and growth of meh phase are both suppressed by the low ener Ag，Ni interfaces in coated Ag wires．The suppression of meh growth is critical and plays a mai0r mle in the process of inching．The thermodynamic analysis gives a quantitative relat 0n 0±su— perheating with the wire radius R and the contact angle 0．The superheating of coated wires increases with decreasing R of Ag wire．The result of the thermodynamic model was consistent with PreV 0us work of MD simulations． Key words：nanowires；inching；superheating CLC number：0 414．13 Document code：A Article ID：1671—8747(2007)04—0335—04 In the last decade，nan0materials have been investigated in great detail for their unique physical and chemical properties．In particular，metal nanowires have become increasingly interesting due to the r P0tent al applications in various fields including nanoelectronic circuits and biologic nanosensors ·Their stability a一 nst melting is becoming one of the major concerns in further development and applications o±th s new ma e— rial familv．The superheating of nanopartieles and nanofilms were observed in experiments ·Up