STABILITY AND ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES OF NANOSCALE SILICON CLUSTERS

被引:15
作者
GONG, XG [1 ]
机构
[1] ACAD SINICA, INST SOLID STATE PHYS, HEFEI 230031, PEOPLES R CHINA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1995年 / 52卷 / 20期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.14677
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The Si-28 and M@Si-28 (M=tetravalent atoms) clusters have been studied by the density-functional theory. We find that both Si-28 and C-28 clusters have similar electronic structures, and the dangling bonds of the Size cluster can be stabilized by some superatoms. The covalent interaction between the Si-5 superatom and Si-28 cluster opens a gap at the Fermi level, which makes the Si-5@Si-28 cluster kinetically stable. In good agreement with experiments, a strong similarity in the density of states between silicon clusters and bulk phase has been observed.
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页码:14677 / 14681
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