Ordering in Two-Dimensional Lennard-Jones Clusters

Abstract

Cluster formation in a two-dimensional Lennard-Jones system under different conditions of temperature () and particle concentration () has been studied using the Monte-Carlo method with the introduction of real thermal motion of the constituent particles through a modification of the conventional Metropolis algorithm. The - phase diagram determined from the study of the root mean square displacement of the particles shows features characteristics of the - diagram for phase equilibrium in real systems. The solid-like to liquid-like transition takes place when the average nearest neighbour distance increases by ~1% of the equilibrium value in the low-temperature solid-like configuration. The Lindemann parameter () is found to decrease with the increase of to reach a steady value of for .