title: Insignificant influence of the matrix on the melting of incoherently embedded tin and zinc nanoparticles.
abstract: For studying the melting point depression of metals, isolated metallic nanoparticles embedded in a matrix are usually prepared by mechanical milling. Al is the main available matrix material. In this work, to explore possible alternative matrices for further investigation of melting, mechanically milled metal-nonmetal systems are developed, namely Sn-LiF, Zn-LiF and Zn-Al2O3. The outcome indicates that different matrices do not have a significantly different influence on the melting of Sn and Zn. Theoretical analyses of both the thermodynamics and kinetics of surface-induced melting may support this experimental finding.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Wang