%0 Journal Article
%T Advances in thermodynamic modelling of nanoparticles
%A Gr¨¦gory Guisbiers
%J Advances in Physics: X
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2019.1668299
%X ABSTRACT Among all the computational techniques (Density Functional Theory, Molecular Dynamics, Monte-Carlo Simulations, Nanothermodynamics) used to investigate the properties of nanoparticles, nanothermodynamics is the most unusual one. Indeed, most people still thing that thermodynamics does not apply at the nanoscale; nonetheless, thermodynamic concepts can still be applied at the nanoscale to predict various properties of nanoparticles like melting temperature, energy bandgap ¡­ In this review, we first introduce the fundamental concepts and methods of nanothermodynamics starting from Hill¡¯s contributions to the most recent developments focusing specifically on the relationship between the material property and the following parameters as quantum statistics (Fermi-Dirac or Bose-Einstein), size and shape of the nanoparticle. Graphical abstrac
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23746149.2019.1668299