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