BINDING-ENERGY PER ADATOM IN METAL-CLUSTERS ADSORBED ON METAL SUBSTRATES

Authors
VLAEV S
Citation
S. Vlaev, BINDING-ENERGY PER ADATOM IN METAL-CLUSTERS ADSORBED ON METAL SUBSTRATES, Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters, 30(1), 1994, pp. 53-55
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01787683
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
53 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0178-7683(1994)30:1<53:BPAIMA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In this paper the dependence of the binding energy per atom on the clu ster size for metal clusters supported on metal substrates is studied. A semi-empirical Anderson-Newns-Grimley model is applied to calculate qualitatively the binding energy for neutral adatoms. The influence o f the support on the ''even-odd'' oscillations is revealed and the com petition between the adatom-adatom and the adatom-substrate interactio n is discussed. The connection of the obtained results with some exper imental measurements is shown.