title: Nucleation and mobility model of Agn clusters adsorbed on perfect and oxygen vacancy MgO surfaces.
abstract: The structures and energy properties for Ag(n) (n = 1-8) metal clusters adsorbed on the perfect and oxygen vacancy MgO surfaces have been studied by using the DFT/UB3LYP method with an embedded cluster model. The nucleation and mobility model for the Ag(n) (n = 1-8) clusters on the perfect and oxygen vacancy MgO(100) surfaces was investigated. The results show that the Ag atoms locate initially at the surface oxygen vacancy sites; then, with the growth of Ag cluster sizes, the large Ag clusters move possibly out of the vacancy sites by a rolling model, and diffuse on the MgO surface under a certain temperature condition. The relative energies needed for moving out of the oxygen vacancy region for the adsorbed Ag(n) clusters with the rolling model have been predicted. The even-odd oscillation behaviors for the cohesive energies, nucleation energies, first ionization potentials and HOMO-LUMO gaps of the adsorbed Ag(n) clusters with the variation of cluster sizes have also been discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yongfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guangju
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002384:Catalysis; D008277:Magnesium Oxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009038:Motion; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013499:Surface Properties; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D008277:Magnesium Oxide; D012834:Silver; D010100:Oxygen