For the investigation of the surface growth, a chemical potential equivalent to the cohesive energy of the respective metal at 300 K was assumed. A radial distribution function (RDF) is used to describe the distance-dependent distribution of the atomic species on the particle. For this purpose, the distances between the system's atom pairs are computed and represented as a volume-normalised density. Fig. shows the radial distribution functions obtained for the different Na-and Li-particles.