Electronic Shell Structure in Metal Clusters Walt de Heer Electronic Shell Structure in Metal Clusters Walt de Heer.

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Electronic Shell Structure in Metal Clusters Walt de Heer Electronic Shell Structure in Metal Clusters Walt de Heer

The pre-shell structure years

1970’s Sodium clusters are molecules

Great idea: Clusters are molecules that can be calculated using density functional theory

Mass spectra mean something Magic numbers: stability and structure

Spherical jellium droplets: does it mean anything?

Spherical jellium is an interesting idea!

Spherical metal droplets is a bad idea!

De Heer PhD thesis 1985 Knight’s idea: molecular beam resonance experiments on very small clusters to explore “quantum size effects”.

For a brief and accurate account of the discovery, see Science News, July 19, 2008 by Walt de Heer, Keith Clemenger, Winston A. Saunders, in response to story in Science News, June 21, 2008

First indication of shells: the spectra evolve shell-by-shell. Increasing carrier gas pressure (increasing cooling) Knight et al PRL 52, 2141 (1984),

Spherical potentials (delocalization) Knight et al PRL 52, 2141 (1984), De Heer, Rev. Mod. Phys Spherical potentials: produce shells, but discrepancies remain (spherical symmetry). “Woods-Saxon” potential(not Jellium)

Spherical positive (jellium) background Electronic density Electronic “Spillout” Levels near Ef spill out beyond the jellium E Fermi  Jellium (ionic) radius, R ion  R ion The spherical jellium model Screening radius, R ion +  + Electronic structure in a positively charged sphere solved self consistently. + It “builds in” metallicity. -Does not resolve shell discrepancies -Is not exactly “simple” W. Ekardt PRB 29, 1558 (1984)

Upshot: all metal clusters show metal droplet behavior, but the spherical jellium model is a poor starting point. Schumacher: Shell structure is right but spherical jellium is not a good model.

S. Bjornholm, J. Borggreen Philosophical Magazine B, 1999, 79, 1321 But is it a Physicists point of view! Deep insight into the physics behind the shell stucture.

electrons ions The liquid, not the fish determines the shape of the droplet! That can be summarized as follows: Alkali clusters are like fish in a liquid droplet

This is what they really look like, by the way…

The Chemist wants an accurate description of the chemical properties, concentrating on individual clusters. The Physicist wants a description of the physical properties from the atoms to the bulk, concentrating on trends. The great divide: Cluster physics versus cluster chemistry (Also not the great confusion: Shell structure versus the jellium model) Forest versus trees.

Shell Structure The property of [metal clusters] that [valence electrons] occupy quantum states which are in groups of approximately the same energy, called shells, the number of [valence electrons] in each shell being limited by the Pauli exclusion principle. [nuclei,atoms, metal clusters] [similar nucleons, electrons,valence electrons] Model A model is a simplified description of the complex reality designed to reveal the main workings of a system. Shell structure is a property, not a model! Shell structure versus the Jellium model

Atomic Shell Structure Simplest Model: Coulomb potential (Bohr atom) Aufbau with independent electrons. First order corrections: Many-body effects (screening):“Hunds Rules”; Shell closings (Periodic Table): 2, 10, 18, 36, 54, 86

Nuclear Shell Structure Simplest model: 3D harmonic potential; Independent nucleons; Magic Numbers:  (n+1)(n+2)  2, 8, 20, 40, 70, 112 First order corrections: Spin-orbit coupling (Goeppert Mayer) Rounded well (Woods-Saxon) Ellipsoidal distortions (eg Nilsson) Shell closings (Magic Numbers): 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126 Harmonic Woods-Saxon Spin-Orbit

Shell Structure in Alkali Clusters Simplest model: 3D isotropic harmonic potential Independent electrons Magic Numbers:  (n+1)(n+2)  2,8,20,40,70,112) First order corrections: Rounded ellipsoidal well (Nilsson-Clemenger) Major Shell closings: (2, 8, 20, 40, 58, 92) Sub Shell closings: 10,14,18, 26,30,34,50,…

p, q single-electron momentum and position l: angular momentum U: anharmonic amplitude n: shell index Harmonic oscillator potential Anharmonic correction Nilsson Hamiltonian (spheroidal model)

Anharmonic spheres

Anharmonic spheres with spheroidal distortions

Clemenger, PRB (1985) Spheroidal electron droplet model Cluster shapes are determined by the electronic structure Simplified description that reveals the main workings + Resolves shell edge discrepancies of spherical models.

3D harmonic oscillator model with ellipsoidal distortions (easy to calculate) RxRx RyRy RzRz Single particle energies

Total energies

Total energy surfaces

W.A.de Heer, Rev. Mod. Phys , (1993) Early measurements of metallic properties of clusters Polarizabilities (screening) Ionization potentials (Fermi level, screening )

(multiple peaks reflect non-spherical shapes) Collective electron oscillations: (Very intense; almost exhaust the oscillator strength). Plasma resonances (electron-drop dominated shapes)

Frank Condon overlap for plasmon excitations using 3D harm. Osc. model

Direct demonstration of electronic shell structure

Frank Condon overlap for photoelectron spectra 3D harm. Osc. model

Shell structure is ubiquitous! Shell structure in non-simple metals: Indium

Shell structure in non-simple metals: SIMS of zinc and cadmium

Shell structure in non-simple metals: SIMS of the noble metals

Transition to electronic shell structure: Hg N, N>30

More, bigger and better: the TP machine.

Ionization potentials of large Na clusters

M. Springborg, S.Satpathy. N. Malinowski, U. Zimmerman, T.P. Martin Shell structure around a hole: Alkali coated C 60

More, bigger and better.

Another way to look at it: semi-classical orbits

Shells of shells: Supershell structure

Hitting the limits Transition from electronic shell structure to geometric shell structure

Geometric shell structure: shells of atoms

Al transitions to jellium but it does not exhibit electronic shell structure.

Shell structure limitations: evolution of s-p hybridization in Al

Al is the quintessential jellium metal in the bulk. But what about clusters?

The End

Na7, Na19, Na38 abstract

The Chemists point of view