Correlation between the energy shell structure and geometry in metallic nanoclusters: quasi-resonance states, isotope effect
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
2008-04-04 v1
Abstract
Metallic nanoclusters displaying electronic shell structure exhibit the special feature of a correlation between their geometry and the number of delocalized electrons . Their shape evolution can be described as a quantum oscillation between quasi-resonant states (prolate and oblate configurations) whose amplitudes depend upon the degree of shell filling. The picture explains the evolution of absorption spectra and predicts a peculiar isotope effect .
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@article{arxiv.0804.0466,
title = {Correlation between the energy shell structure and geometry in metallic nanoclusters: quasi-resonance states, isotope effect},
author = {Vladimir Kresin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.0466},
year = {2008}
}