size and shape dependence on melting temperature of gallium nitride nanoparticles大小和形状对氮化镓纳米粒子的熔化温度的依赖.pdf

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012, Article ID 415797, 11 pages doi:10.1155/2012/415797 Research Article Size and Shape Dependence on Melting Temperature of Gallium Nitride Nanoparticles Paneerselvam Antoniammal and Dakshanamoorthy Arivuoli Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India Correspondence should be addressed to Dakshanamoorthy Arivuoli, arivuoli@ Received 19 January 2012; Revised 6 March 2012; Accepted 7 March 2012 ´ Academic Editor: Gregory Guisbiers Copyright © 2012 P. Antoniammal and D. Arivuoli. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The study of variation of the size and shape effect on the melting property of gallium nitride nanoparticles with their spherical and cylindrical geometrical feature is theoretically explored. A numerical thermodynamical model has been devoted for the study. A comparative investigation is made between the two shapes, at the range of ∼3 nm dia. The cylindrical GaN nanoparticles, whose melting point has been reported to decrease with decreasing particle radius, become larger than spherical-shaped nanoparticles. The melting temperature obtained in the present study is in line with the function of radius of curvature. 1. Introduction semiconductor material with high heat capacity and thermal conductivity [18]. GaN can be doped with silicon (Si) or It has been well established both experimentally and the-