Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Citazione:
Vibrational properties of nanometric AB2 ionic clusters / B. Montanari, P. Ballone, T. Mazza, P. Milani. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 0953-8984. - 17:25(2005), pp. 3787-3806.
Abstract:
A broad survey of harmonic dynamics in AB2 clusters with up to N = 3000 atoms is performed using a simple rigid ion model, with ionic radii selected to give rutile as the ground state structure for the corresponding extended crystal. The vibrational density of states is already close to its bulk counterpart for N~500, with characteristic differences due to surfaces, edges and vertices. Two methods are proposed and tested to map the cluster vibrational states onto the rutile crystal phonons. The net distinction between infrared (IR) active and Raman active modes that exists for bulk rutile becomes more and more blurred as the cluster size is reduced. It is found that, in general, the higher the IR activity of the mode, the more this is affected by the system size. IR active modes are found to spread over a wide frequency range for the finite clusters. Simple models based on either a crude confinement constraint or surface pressure arguments fail to reproduce the results of the calculations. The effects of the stoichiometry and dielectric properties of the surrounding medium on the vibrational properties of the clusters are also investigated.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
atomic clusters ; ground states ; infrared spectra ; nanostructured materials ; Raman spectra ; stoichiometry ; vibrational modes
Elenco autori:
B. Montanari, P. Ballone, T. Mazza, P. Milani
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