Fe clusters on Ni and Cu: size and shape dependence of the spin moment

We present ab-initio calculations of the electronic structure of small Fe clusters (1–9 atoms) on Ni(001), Ni(111), Cu(001) and Cu(111) surfaces. Our focus is on the spin moments and their dependence on cluster size and shape. We derive a simple quantitative rule that relates the moment of each Fe atom linearly to its coordination number. Thus, for an arbitrary Fe cluster the spin moment of the cluster and of the individual Fe atoms can be readily found if the positions of the atoms are known. PACS 75.75.+a; 75.70.-i; 73.22.-f     

Ab-initio calculations of interactions between Cu adatoms on Cu(1 1 0): Sensitivity of strong multi-site interactions to adatom relaxations

We have parameterized the various interactions between Cu adatoms on Cu(1 1 0) using density-functional theory based ab-initio calculations. Our results indicate that in addition to pair interactions, 3-adatom and 4-adatom interactions of significant strengths are present in this system. This further stresses the importance of multi-site interactions in constructing a complete lattice–gas picture. Even though adding these multi-site interactions leads to good convergence in interaction energies, we find that some multi-site interactions are very sensitive to adatom relaxations. This makes the application of a simple lattice–gas picture inadequate for such surfaces. We also parameterize adatom interactions on this surface using the recently developed connector model. The connector model parameterization is as efficient as the parameterization using lattice–gas model. Further, we present diffusion barriers for nearest-neighbor (NN) and next-nearest-neighbor (NNN) hops on this surface.     

多壳层铜纳米线结构和电子特性的第一性原理研究

基于密度泛函理论框架下的第一性原理计算,系统地研究了多壳层Cu纳米线的稳定结构和电子特性.得到不同线径多壳层Cu纳米线的平衡态晶格常数相差不大,都表现出金属特性,且其单原子平均结合能和量子电导随着纳米线直径的增加而增加.纳米线中内壳层Cu原子表现出体相结构Cu原子相似的电子特性,而表面壳层由于配位数的减少,其3d态能量范围变窄且整体向费米能级发生移动.电荷密度分析表明,相对于体相Cu晶体中原子间的相互作用,纳米线表面壳层Cu原子与其最近邻原子间的相互作用明显增强.     

低能CU6团簇在CU(001)表面和AU(001)表面沉积的分子动力学模拟研究

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Magic rule for Al(n)H(m) magic clusters

Using the electronic shell closure criteria, we propose a new electron counting rule that enables us to predict the size, composition, and structure of many hitherto unknown magic clusters consisting of hydrogen and aluminum atoms. This rule, whose validity is established through a synergy between first-principles calculations and anion-photoelectron spectroscopy experiments, provides a powerful basis for searching magic clusters consisting of hydrogen and simple metal atoms.     

HmTiSin(m=1～2;n=2～8)团簇结构、电子性质和红外光谱的密度泛函理论研究

近些年,由于硅半导体材料在微电子工业中的潜在应用,其理论和实验研究备受人们广泛关注。尤其是过渡金属掺杂的硅团簇材料在物理化学性质方面表现了极好的稳定性。这些主要归因于过渡金属含有未填满的d轨道电子,可以填充硅团簇表面的空轨道,减少团簇表面的悬挂键,进而提高整个掺杂硅团簇的结构稳定性,同时产生各种特殊光学、磁性和超导等性质。采用密度泛函理论DFT-B3LYP方法对H_mTiSi_n(m=1～2; n=2～8)团簇的几何结构和电子性质进行了理论计算,讨论了Ti掺杂硅团簇TiSi_n(n=2～8)及其氢化团簇基态结构的变化规律、解离通道和HOMO-LUMO能隙等特征。结果表明,随着Si原子数目的增加,在TiSi_n(n=2～8)团簇中其掺杂Ti原子依次吸附在团簇的棱、面及结构内部。当在掺杂团簇表面吸附氢原子时,都优于吸附在团簇的硅原子上,而且绝大多数的氢化结构采纳了TiSi_n团簇的骨架构型。解离能和HOMO-LUMO能隙的分析结果表明在团簇表面吸附两个H原子时能够明显提高整个团簇的结构稳定性。二阶能量差分的研究发现TiSi₂和TiSi₆团簇相对其他团簇具有较高的稳定性,同时两个H₁TiSi₇和H₂TiSi₇氢化团簇的稳定性更高。此外,模拟了这些氢化团簇的红外振动特征峰,对主要特征峰进行了归属。这些研究将为过渡金属掺杂硅基团簇材料的实验制备和表征提供重要的理论参考。     

Cu/N表面沉积共掺杂TiO_2光催化剂作用机理的理论研究

本文采用基于周期性密度泛函理论研究了Cu/N表面沉积共掺杂对锐钛矿相TiO2(001)面的修饰作用.计算了Cu在不同位置掺杂TiO2(101)面和(001)面的形成能,并在此基础上计算N不同位置掺杂TiO2(001)面及Cu/TiO2(001)面的形成能,通过形成能的比较获得了表面共掺杂的最优化结构.在此基础上计算了最稳定结构的能带结构及态密度,并与S单掺杂TiO2(001)面最稳定结构进行了对比.通过对结果的分析发现:Cu/N在(001)表面的沉积共掺杂有效降低了TiO2的禁带宽度,并在表面形成CuO2相,更利于提高其光催化活性.     

Ba和Sr原子在ZnO(0001)表面吸附的密度泛函理论研究

我们采用密度泛函理论下的平面波赝势方法研究Ba和Sr原子在ZnO(0001)表面的吸附结构和性质,仔细研究了三个吸附位（T4, H3 and Top）。发现Ba和Sr吸附在表面的H3和T4位时,他们之间的结合能相差很小,且这两种金属更易于吸附在表面的T4位,我们把计算的结果与贵金属在ZnO(0001)表面的吸附行为及前人的实验结果进行了比较,理论上发现Ag和Au易于吸附在ZnO(0001)表面的H3位,而实验上观察到即使在很小吸附比的条件下ZnO(0001)表面上也能形成Cu的团簇结构,这主要是由于Cu和ZnO(0001)表面衬底强的相互作用所致。     

Phase diagram of the fcc(1 1 0) surfaces with adsorbate-induced missing-row reconstructions

The phase diagram of the fcc(1 1 0) surfaces with missing-row reconstructions induced by adatoms, is calculated by use of the Blume–Emmery–Griffiths model. In the model, we introduce adatom–adatom interactions to determine surface structures and dipole–dipole interactions to describe the effect of zigzag adsorption. The interactions between nearest-neighbor (NN) and next-nearest-neighbor (NNN) rows are considered. The calculation of the temperature versus adatom chemical potential phase diagram is performed using mean-field approximation. It is indicated that if NN and NNN interactions are competitive, there appear either dipole or coverage modulated (incommensurate) phases at high temperatures for a wide range of the interactions.     

Ba和Sr原子在ZnO(0001)表面吸附的密度泛函理论研究

我们采用密度泛函理论下的平面波赝势方法研究Ba和Sr原子在ZnO(0001)表面的吸附结构和性质,仔细研究了三个吸附位（T4, H3 and Top）。发现Ba和Sr吸附在表面的H3和T4位时,他们之间的结合能相差很小,且这两种金属更易于吸附在表面的T4位,我们把计算的结果与贵金属在ZnO(0001)表面的吸附行为及前人的实验结果进行了比较,理论上发现Ag和Au易于吸附在ZnO(0001)表面的H3位,而实验上观察到即使在很小吸附比的条件下ZnO(0001)表面上也能形成Cu的团簇结构,这主要是由于Cu和ZnO(0001)表面衬底强的相互作用所致。     

低温下Cu13团簇负载于Cu(001)表面上结构变化的分子动力学研究

应用分子动力学方法研究温度为10和50 K时具有二十面体结构的Cu13团簇以不同接触条件与Cu(001)表面结合后的结构变化,原子间的相互作用势采用Johnson的嵌入原子方法模型.通过基于原子密度分布函数的分析表明,负载团簇与表面的结合能主要受团簇与载体相接触的最低层原子数及这些原子所具有的不同几何构型影响,同时更高层的原子呈现出不同的几何结构.温度为10 K时,负载团簇的初始位置对团簇几何结构和结合能影响较大.     

Cluster size and substrate temperature affecting thin film formation during copper cluster deposition on a Si （001） surface

The soft deposition of Cu clusters on a Si(001) surface was studied by molecular dynamics simulations.The embedded atom method,the Stillinger-Weber and the Lennar-Jones potentials were used to describe the interactions between the cluster atoms,between the substrate atoms,and between the cluster and the substrate atoms,respectively.The Cu13,Cu55,and Cu147 clusters were investigated at different substrate temperatures.We found that the substrate temperature had a significant effect on the Cu147 cluster.For smaller Cu13 and Cu55 clusters,the substrate temperature in the range of study appeared to have little effect on the mean center-of-mass height.The clusters showed better degrees of epitaxy at 800 K.With the same substrate temperature,the Cu55 cluster demonstrated the highest degree of epitaxy,followed by Cu147 and then Cu13 clusters.In addition,the Cu55 cluster showed the lowest mean center-of-mass height.These results suggested that the Cu55 cluster is a better choice for the thin-film formation among the clusters considered.Our studies may provide insight into the formation of desired Cu thin films on a Si substrate.     

Diffusion mechanism of Cu adatoms on a Cu(001) surface

Ab initio calculations on surface diffusion of Cu adatoms on Cu(001) are presented. The hopping mechanism with a calculated energy barrier of 0.69 eV is found to be favorable over the exchange mechanism with 0.97 eV. We find from the geometry relaxations that adatoms are significantly attracted to the surface and push away nearest-neighbor atoms in the surface. Lateral relaxations of atoms in the surface are larger than vertical ones.     

Ag-Cu双金属团簇中Ag原子偏析行为的 分子动力学研究

采用了恒温分子动力学方法系统模拟研究了不同尺寸不同组分的Ag-Cu双金属团簇的退火过程。分析低温退火结构可得团簇中Ag原子的偏析行为：在Ag原子所占比率较少时,Ag原子全部占据在团簇表面;随着Ag原子数的增多,直到Ag和Cu的比率接近时,绝大多数Ag原子仍占据在团簇表面;这与实验观测Ag-Cu混合团簇中Ag原子的偏析行为完全一致。通过细致研究Ag-Cu双金属团簇中Ag原子的偏析行为与团簇尺寸、组分和温度的关系发现：当Ag原子所占比重明显少于Cu原子时,在各不同尺寸下,Ag原子偏析温度点均高于熔点,即在熔点以上一定温度范围内仍会出现Ag原子的偏析现象;当Ag原子所占比重明显多于Cu原子时,在各不同尺寸下,体系偏析温度点均低于团簇熔点;对于较大尺寸团簇,在Ag原子所占比重接近于Cu原子时,体系偏析温度点与团簇熔点相同。     

Growth of three-shell onionlike bimetallic nanoparticles

We show by molecular dynamics simulations on three systems (B/A=Pd/Ag, Cu/Ag, and Ni/Ag) that three-shell metallic nanoparticles made by a core of a metal A, an intermediate shell of metal B and an external shell of metal A (A-B-A nanoparticles) can be grown by deposition of B atoms onto an A core. The growth of the intermediate B shell is triggered by the fact that the most favorable positions for isolated B impurities inside A clusters are located just one layer below the cluster surface.     

Experimental study of the spatial distributions of relativistic electron beams reflected and refracted by a thin foil

The ratio of the cross section for inelastic scattering to the total cross section for scattering of a fast electron by a cluster, depending on the number of atoms in the cluster, is shown to be not a monotonic function. This nonmonotonicity is not related to the well-known nonmonotonic dependences determined, for example, by the magic numbers in the shell model of clusters but is of purely quantum origin: the coherence of elastic electron scattering and the incoherence of inelastic one by a multipartice target.     

On charged mesoscopic metallic bubbles

We investigate the existence of stable charged metallic bubbles using the shell correction method. We find that for a given mesoscopic system of n atoms of a given metal and (positive) elementary charges, a metallic bubble turns out to have a lower total energy than a compact spherical cluster, whenever the charge number q is larger than a critical charge number q_c. For a magic number (n-q) of free electrons, the spherical metallic bubble may become stable against fission. Received: 17 November 1997 / Revised: 28 May 1998 / Accepted: 20 July 1998     

低温下Cu13团簇负载于Cu(001)表面上结构变化的分子动力学研究

应用分子动力学方法研究温度为10和50 K时具有二十面体结构的Cu₁₃团簇以不同接触条件与Cu（001）表面结合后的结构变化,原子间的相互作用势采用Johnson的嵌入原子方法模型.通过基于原子密度分布函数的分析表明,负载团簇与表面的结合能主要受团簇与载体相接触的最低层原子数及这些原子所具有的不同几何构型影响,同时更高层的原子呈现出不同的几何结构.温度为10 K时,负载团簇的初始位置对团簇几何结构和结合能影响较大. 关键词： 分子动力学 团簇 表面 计算机模拟     

Predicted diffusion rates on fcc (001) metal surfaces for adsorbate/substrate combinations of Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, Ag, Pt, Au

We investigate the diffusion of a single metal atom on the surface of a fcc (001) metal. Two points concerning the application of kinetic models to diffusion were considered. First, we test the assumption of kinetic models that diffusion occurs via a sequence of uncorrelated jumps. Second, when kinetic models are applicable we predict reasonable values of the kinetic rate constants.

Direct molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed for Ag on Ag(001) and Rh on Rh(001) systems. Diffusion was found to obey an Arrhenius-type dependence on temperature in both systems. The barriers and prefactors extracted from the MD results agree with estimates made from transition state theory (TST) and the experimental values for the Rh system. We conclude that kinetic models are applicable to diffusion on fcc (001) surfaces.

Transition state theory was then used to estimate diffusion parameters for all other adsorbate/ substrate combinations of the metals Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, Ag, Pt, and Au. These results indicate that the characteristics of diffusion are primarily a property of the adsorbate. We also predict Ag atoms to have an anomalously low diffusion barrier on all of the substrates in this study. We use the accurate many-body density functional based MD/MC-CEM potential energy surface which allows us to consistently treat these multi-component systems.