Growth pattern of Agn (n = 1-8) clusters on the α-Al 2O3(0001) surface: A first principles study

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 18776-18787

  Nigam, Sandeep ^a   Majumder, Chiranjib ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; AG ATOMS; AG CLUSTERS; ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; ALUMINA SUPPORT; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CLUSTER SIZES; DELOCALIZATIONS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON-ION INTERACTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES; EXCHANGE CORRELATION ENERGY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; GASPHASE; GROWTH PATTERNS; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; ISLAND GROWTH; PLANE WAVE; PROJECTOR AUGMENTED WAVES; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHOD; SPIN MOMENTS; SPIN-POLARIZED; SURFACE PLANES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GASES; ION EXCHANGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 78650216260     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la102810m     Document Type: Article

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