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

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2002-12-30

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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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Torsti , T , Lindberg , V , Puska , M J & Hellsing , B 2002 , ' Model study of adsorbed metallic quantum dots: Na on Cu(111 ' , Physical Review B , vol. 66 , no. 23 , 235420 , pp. 1-10 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.235420