Can we rationalize the structure of small silicon-carbon clusters? |
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Authors: | M Bertolus V Brenner P Millié |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique CEA-CE Saclay DSM/DRECAM/SPAM 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, FR |
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Abstract: | A theoretical study of clusters with using density functional theory is presented. Tests of various functionals demonstrate that local spin density approximation
(LSDA) is the most adequate functional for the study of these systems. Structures, vibrational frequencies, and IR intensities
of the lowest energy isomer of the studied clusters obtained using LSDA are described, and the unusual properties of the Si-C
clusters are discussed. A quantitative analysis of the obtained structures was carried out, and relations between the coordinations,
interatomic distances, and angles observed in the Si-C clusters were obtained through introduction of the notion of coordination.
This analysis also shows that the carbon atoms mainly exhibit sp and sp2 hybridizations, and that a majority of silicon atoms do not hybridize. This study is the fi
rst step of the implementation of a semi-empirical potential, which would describe the moderately small Si-C clusters.
Received: 20 October 1997 / Received in final form: 16 December 1997 / Accepted: 17 December 1997 |
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Keywords: | PACS 31 15 Ew Density-functional theory - 36 40 Mr Spectroscopy and geometrical structure of clusters |
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