Model study of adsorbed metallic quantum dots: Na on Cu(111)

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© 2002 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Torsti, T. & Lindberg, V. & Puska, Martti J. & Hellsing, B. 2002. Model study of adsorbed metallic quantum dots: Na on Cu(111). Physical Review B. Volume 66, Issue 23. 235420/1-10. ISSN 1550-235X (electronic). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.66.235420, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.235420.

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2002

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en

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235420/1-10

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Physical Review B, Volume 66, Issue 23

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We model electronic properties of the second-monolayer Na adatom islands (quantum dots) on the Cu(111) surface covered homogeneously by the first Na monolayer. An axially symmetric three-dimensional jellium model, taking into account the effects due to the first Na monolayer and the Cu substrate, has been developed. The electronic structure is solved within the local-density approximation of the density-functional theory using a real-space multigrid method. The model enables the study of systems consisting of thousands of Na atoms. The results for the local density of states are compared with differential conductance (dI/dV) spectra and constant current topographs from scanning tunneling microscopy.

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Na atom islands, Na monolayer

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Torsti, T. & Lindberg, V. & Puska, Martti J. & Hellsing, B. 2002. Model study of adsorbed metallic quantum dots: Na on Cu(111). Physical Review B. Volume 66, Issue 23. 235420/1-10. ISSN 1550-235X (electronic). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.66.235420.