Al20+ does melt, albeit above the bulk melting temperature of aluminium

Udbhav Ojha, Krista G. Steenbergen, Nicola Gaston
2015 Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP  
Employing first principles parallel tempering molecular dynamics in the microcanonical ensemble, we report the presence of a clear solid–liquid-like melting transition in Al20+ clusters, not found in experiments.
doi:10.1039/c4cp05143b pmid:25556528 fatcat:jd5dpd7ijvfejd5rphrk45eho4