Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.107, No.50, 13769-13771, 2003
Thermodynamic consideration on solid transition of CdSe nanocrystals induced by pressure
The thermodynamic amount of the pressure-induced solid transition between the wurtzite phase and the rock-salt phase and the melting thermodynamic amounts of the metastable rock-salt phase for CdSe nanocrystals are considered based on known thermodynamic data of the wurtzite phase. Moreover, the static hysteresis width of the above solid transition is also determined. The predictions are found to be reasonable and are in agreement with the present theoretical and experimental results.