title: Theoretical investigation of adsorption of molecular oxygen on small copper clusters.
abstract: Adsorption of molecular oxygen on Cu(N) (N = 2-10) clusters is investigated using density functional theory under the generalized gradient approximation of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof. An extensive structure search is performed to identify low-energy conformations of Cu(N)O(2) complexes. Optimal adsorption sites are assigned for low-energy isomers of the clusters. Among these are some new arrangements unidentified heretofore. Distinct size dependences are noted for the ground state Cu(N)O(2) complexes in stability, adsorption energy, Cu-O(2) bond strength, and other characteristic quantities. Cu(N)O(2) with odd-N tend to have larger adsorption energies than their even-N neighbors, with the exception of Cu(6)O(2), which has a relatively large adsorption energy resulting from the adsorption-induced 2D-to-3D structural transition in Cu(6). The energetically preferred spin-multiplicity of all the odd-N Cu(N)O(2) complexes is doublet; it is triplet for N = 2 and 4 and singlet for N = 6, 8, and 10.
authors: Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
authors: Xiuxiang
authors: X
authors: Yuan
authors: Liuxia
authors: L
authors: Liu
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: Mingli
authors: M
authors: Yang
authors: Koblar Alan
authors: KA
authors: Jackson
authors: Julius
authors: J
authors: Jellinek