title: Electronic states of linear Au clusters supported on metal surfaces: why are they like those of a particle in a box?
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wilson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Horia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Metiu