Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-05-09
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. on April 30th, 2008
Scientific paper
We predict general trends for surface segregation in a binary metal cluster based on the difference between the atomic properties of the constituent elements. Considering the attractive and repulsive contributions of the cohesive energy of an atom in a cluster, energetically most favorable sites for a guest atom on a pure metal cluster is determined. It is predicted that for adjacent elements in a row of the periodic table, the bimetallic system would be more stable if the component with smallest valence electron density is placed on the surface. On the contrary, for well separated components in the periodic table, the bimetallic cluster would be more stable if the component with the smallest core electron density is placed inside. Such chemical {\bf ordering trends} in the lowest energy configurations of Pt-Au, Pt-Pd and Pt-Ni binary alloy clusters are verified for their 561 atom systems through simulated annealing process. It is predicted that the Ir, Rh, Ni, Pd atoms would tend to be located inside the Ir-Pt, Rh-Pd, Ni-Cu and Pd-Ag bimetallic nanoclusters, respectively.
Pal Umapada
Reyes-Nava Juan Andrés
Rodríguez-López José Luis
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