Phys. Rev. E 78, 041106 (2008) [7 pages]Heterophasic oscillations in nanoscale systemsReceived 16 June 2008; published 3 October 2008 Both the energy differences between metastable and stable phases and the energy barriers separating these phases decrease with decreasing particle number. Then, for small enough systems, random heterophasic fluctuations of the entire system become an observable form of thermal motion. We discuss mechanisms and observation conditions for these random transitions between phases. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041106
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.78.041106
PACS:
05.40.−a, 64.60.Q−, 82.60.Qr, 65.80.+n
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