The transition temperatures and dynamics for the argon-xenon N=7 mixed cluster series

Results of molecular-dynamics calculations with quenching for the N=7 Ar–Xe mixed cluster series are reported. The phase-transition temperatures have been determined and are discussed. The microscopic transitions between catchment regions on the potential-energy surface are examined as well as the total amount of time spent in each of these catchment regions. The mixed cluster results are compared to the homogeneous results. The heterogeneous dynamics are found to more closely reproduce the homogeneous results if the heterogeneous catchment regions are classified according to their associated homogeneous parent minimum.