The influence of O and C doping on the ionization potentials of Li-clusters |
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Authors: | F. Despa W. Bouwen F. Vanhoutte P. Lievens R.E. Silverans |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratorium voor Vaste-Stoffysica en Magnetisme, K. U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium, BE |
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Abstract: | The influence of doping of Li-clusters by electronegative O and C atoms on the ionization potentials was investigated. Experimentally, we report ionization potentials for bare Lin clusters deduced from photoionization efficiency spectra. The values are compared with the results for LinO and LinC clusters. Observed differences are largely attributed to a quantum size effect caused by the segregated molecular part around the impurity, which changes the electron work function. Theoretically, the Fermi and exchange-correlation energies which enter the work function, are calculated in the frame of the augmented plane wave (APW) method by taking explicitly into account the presence of the molecular core. The other contribution to the work function, the moment of the double layer at the cluster surface, is computed by solving the corresponding Poisson's equation. Received 9 September 1999 and Received in final form 7 February 2000 |
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Keywords: | PACS. 36.40.-c Atomic and molecular clusters - 36.40.Cg Electronic and magnetic properties of clusters |
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