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

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Lin, X ^a   Nilius, N ^a   Freund, H J ^a   Walter, M ^b,c   Frondelius, P ^b   Honkala, K ^b   Hakkinen H ^b  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D ELECTRON GAS; AU CLUSTERS; CHARGE ANALYSIS; CHARGE STATE; EIGENSTATES; ELECTRON FILLING; GOLD CLUSTERS; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MGO THIN FILMS; PARABOLIC POTENTIAL; QUANTUM-WELL STATE; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRA-SMALL;

ATOMS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 66049148964     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.206801     Document Type: Article

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