Quantum well states in two-dimensional gold clusters on MgO thin films

Details Quantum well states in two-dimensional gold clusters on MgO thin films Quantum well states in two-dimensional gold clusters on MgO thin films

2008-11-24

arxiv.org/abs/0811.3812v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

12 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

The electronic structure of ultra-small Au clusters on thin MgO/Ag(001) films has been analyzed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy and density functional theory. The clusters exhibit two-dimensional (2D) quantum well states, whose shapes resemble the eigen-states of a 2D electron gas confined in a parabolic potential. From the symmetries of the HOMO and LUMO of a particular cluster, its electron filling and charge state is determined. In accordance to a DFT Bader-charge analysis, aggregates containing up to twenty atoms accumulate one to four extra electrons due to a charge transfer from the MgO/Ag interface. The HOMO - LUMO gap is found to close for clusters containing between 70 and 100 atoms.

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