Electronic states of linear Au clusters supported on metal surfaces: why are they like those of a particle in a box?

Greg Mills; Bing Wang; Wilson Ho; Horia Metiu

doi:10.1063/1.1687332

Electronic states of linear Au clusters supported on metal surfaces: why are they like those of a particle in a box?

J Chem Phys. 2004 Apr 22;120(16):7738-40. doi: 10.1063/1.1687332.

Authors

Greg Mills¹, Bing Wang, Wilson Ho, Horia Metiu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.

PMID: 15267686
DOI: 10.1063/1.1687332

Abstract

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy and microscopy show that the empty states of linear Au clusters supported on a metal surface behave as if they are the states of an electron in an empty one-dimensional box. We show here that certain difficulties of this description are removed by a particle-in-a-cylinder model. This interpretation is supported by density functional calculations.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.