https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00129-2
Size-dependent metal-nonmetal change of groups IB and IIB metal clusters
1
School of Physics and Microelectronics, State Key
Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, P.R. China
2
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, 27695-8204 North Carolina, USA
Corresponding author: a daiy60@sdu.edu.cn
Received:
6
September
2004
Published online:
13
July
2005
The electronic structure calculations of clusters Cun, Agn and Aun (
) of the group-IB and Znn, Cdn and Hgn ()
of the group-IIB have been performed by the relativistic density functional
theory (RDFT) approach. Our analysis of the calculated results has deduced
that the size-dependent metal-nonmetal change of the clusters consisting of
both the IB and IIB elements is of metal-Fermiglass character.
PACS: 71.30.+h – Metal-insulator transition and other electronic transitions / 73.63.-b – Electrical transport in nanoscale materials and structures
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