Electron confinement meet electron delocalization: non-additivity and finite-size effects in the polarizabilities and dispersion coefficients of the fullerenes

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ◽

10.1039/d0cp05638c ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ka Un Lao ◽

Yan Yang ◽

Robert A. DiStasio

Keyword(s):

Size Effects ◽

Finite Size ◽

Electron Delocalization ◽

Quantum Size Effects ◽

Dispersion Coefficients ◽

Finite Size Effects ◽

Electron Confinement ◽

Quantum Size

Unique dichotomy of electron confinement and delocalization yields non-additive quantum-size effects in the polarizabilities and dispersion coefficients of the fullerenes.

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LOCAL SPECTROSCOPY OF ELECTRONS CONFINED IN LESS THAN TWO DIMENSIONS

Surface Review and Letters ◽

10.1142/s0218625x97000389 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 04 (02) ◽

pp. 381-390

Author(s):

A. L. VÁZQUEZ DE PARGA

Keyword(s):

Size Effects ◽

Electron Gas ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Scanning Tunneling ◽

Nanometer Scale ◽

Quantum Size Effects ◽

Tunneling Microscopy ◽

Electron Confinement ◽

Quantum Size ◽

Unique Ability

Scanning tunneling microscopy provides new ways of studying electron confinement and quantum size effects. In this paper we will summarize the results obtained in the study of the interaction between a 2D electron gas and different structures, some of them natural and others artificially constructed using another unique ability of STM: modify and manipulate materials at the atomic and the nanometer scale.

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The influence of electron confinement, quantum size effects, and film morphology on the dispersion and the damping of plasmonic modes in Ag and Au thin films

Progress in Surface Science ◽

10.1016/j.progsurf.2014.12.002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 90 (2) ◽

pp. 144-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Antonio Politano ◽

Gennaro Chiarello

Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Size Effects ◽

Quantum Size Effects ◽

Film Morphology ◽

Electron Confinement ◽

Quantum Size ◽

Au Thin Films

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Quantum size effect dependent critical size cluster and finite size effects

Journal of Applied Physics ◽

10.1063/1.3121504 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 105 (9) ◽

pp. 094307 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

S. M. Binz ◽

M. Hupalo ◽

M. C. Tringides

Keyword(s):

Size Effect ◽

Size Effects ◽

Critical Size ◽

Finite Size ◽

Quantum Size Effect ◽

Finite Size Effects ◽

Quantum Size

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A Simple Phenomenological Model for Growth of Nanodots with “Magical Sizes” Stabilized by Quantum Size Effect

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-1017-dd08-27 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1017 ◽

Author(s):

Heikki Juha Tapani Ristolainen ◽

Ismo Koponen

Keyword(s):

Size Effect ◽

Time Evolution ◽

Phenomenological Model ◽

Size Effects ◽

Layer Growth ◽

Model Parameters ◽

Quantum Size Effects ◽

Electron Confinement ◽

Quantum Size ◽

Structure Height

AbstractIn deposition of Pb atoms on Cu(111) or Si(111) surface growth of tower-shaped nanostructures is observed. This nanotower growth is caused by structure height dependent energetics, resulting from the quantum size effects (QSE) due to the vertical electron confinement in nanotowers. In this report we present a “wedding cake” -type phenomenological model describing the time evolution of nanostructures. The model reproduces the typical morphologies of nanotowers. The results demonstrate that nanohuts are formed by downward mass currents, due to the downward diffusion of adatoms. Also the stable layers due to the quantum size effects (QSE) can be modelled with a suitable choice of model parameters. In the case of altering stabilities of layers, simultaneous bi-layer growth takes place. The results are in agreement with experimental observations.

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