Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2001-10-11
Surface Science 511, 1 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
13 pages, 5 figures, to appear in July in Surface Science Vol. 511,1 (2002)
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0039-6028(02)01547-9
We apply the Green's function based full-potential screened Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method in conjunction with the local density approximation to study the surface energies of the noble and the fcc transition and $sp$ metals. The orientation dependence of the transition metal surface energies can be well described taking into account only the broken bonds between first neighbors, quite analogous to the behavior we recently found for the noble metals [see cond-mat/0105207]. The (111) and (100) surfaces of the $sp$ metals show a jellium like behavior but for the more open surfaces we find again the noble metals behavior but with larger deviation from the broken-bond rule compared to the transition metals. Finally we show that the use of the full potential is crucial to obtain accurate surface energy anisotropy ratios for the vicinal surfaces.
Dederichs Peter H.
Galanakis Iosif
Papanikolaou Nikolaos
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