Oh the collision dynamics of Na cluster with different geometry

Using the distance-dependent tight-binding molecular dynamics model (DDTB-MD), the Na₆(2D) + Na₈, Na₆ (3D) + Na₈ collision dynamic processes have been studied for different incident energies and different impact parameters. Different reaction mechanisms have been observed, such as fusion reaction, deep inelastic and quasi-elastic collisions, which are similar to the nuclear heavy-ion collisions. This shows that the clusters with different geometric structures colliding with identical clusters can produce different new clusters. At lower incident energy central collisions, Na₆(3D) can form a stable cluster; at leV/n half central collision, Na₆(3D) is easy to form a larger cluster.