Nucleation and mobility model of Agn clusters adsorbed on perfect and oxygen vacancy MgO surfaces.

Journal of Molecular Modeling
Yongfei LiuGuangju Chen

Abstract

The structures and energy properties for Ag(n) (n = 1-8) metal clusters adsorbed on the perfect and oxygen vacancy MgO surfaces have been studied by using the DFT/UB3LYP method with an embedded cluster model. The nucleation and mobility model for the Ag(n) (n = 1-8) clusters on the perfect and oxygen vacancy MgO(100) surfaces was investigated. The results show that the Ag atoms locate initially at the surface oxygen vacancy sites; then, with the growth of Ag cluster sizes, the large Ag clusters move possibly out of the vacancy sites by a rolling model, and diffuse on the MgO surface under a certain temperature condition. The relative energies needed for moving out of the oxygen vacancy region for the adsorbed Ag(n) clusters with the rolling model have been predicted. The even-odd oscillation behaviors for the cohesive energies, nucleation energies, first ionization potentials and HOMO-LUMO gaps of the adsorbed Ag(n) clusters with the variation of cluster sizes have also been discussed.

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