First-principles study of structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of (ZnO)$_n$(n=2-16) clusters

Details First-principles study of structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of (ZnO)$_n$(n=2-16) clusters First-principles study of structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of (ZnO)$_n$(n=2-16) clusters

2012-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/1204.4405v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

8 pages, 8 figures and 1 table

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The structural, electronic, and vibrational thermodynamic properties of the (ZnO)$_n$ (n=2-16) clusters are studied using density functional - full potential computations. The results show, small clusters up to $n=9$ stabilize in the 2D ring shape geometries while the larger clusters prefer the 3D cage like structures. The ring to cage structural cross over in ZnO clusters is studied by investigating the behavior of the Zn-O-Zn bond angle, the Zn-O bond strength, and the number of bonds in the systems. It is argued that 12 is the lowest magic number of ZnO clusters at ground state, while finite temperature vibrational excitations enhance the relative stability of the (ZnO)$_9$ cluster and make it a magic system at temperatures above about 170 K. The obtained electronic structure of ZnO clusters before and after applying the many-body GW corrections evidence a size induced red shift originated from the ring to cage structural cross over in these systems. The behavior of the extremal points of electron density of the clusters along with the extrapolated cluster binding energies at very large sizes may be evidences for existence of a metastable structure for large ZnO nanostructures, different with the bulk ZnO structure.

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