Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2004-05-28
Physical Review B 70, 205420 (2004)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.70.205420
We have carried out a density functional study of unoccupied, resonance states in a single Au atom, dimers, a trimer and infinite Au chains on the NiAl(110) surface. Two inequivalent orientations of the ad-chains with substantially different interatomic distances were considered. From the study of the evolution of the electron states in an Au chain from being isolated to adsorbed, we find that the resonance states derive from the 6$s$ states of the Au atoms, which hybridize strongly with the substrate states and develop a $p$-like polarization. The calculated resonance states and LDOS images were analyzed in a simple tight-binding, resonance model. This model clarifies (1) the physics of direct and substrate-mediated adatom-adatom interactions and (2) the physics behind the enhancements of the LDOS at the ends of the adatom chains, and (3) the physical meaning of the "particle-in-box" model used in the analysis of observed resonance states. The calculated effective mass and band bottom energy are in good agreement with experimental data obtained from scanning tunnelling spectroscopy.
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