Quantum entrapment and valence charge polarization in Ag, Cu, Pt, and Rh nanoclusters

• Main Author: Ahmadi, Shideh
• Other Authors: Sun Changqing
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/69223
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Atomic under-coordination and non-bonding electrons are extensively used in nanomaterials and nanostructures. The bonds between the under-coordinated sites follow the rule of relaxation dynamics, although quantum confinement (QC) theory, Coulomb blockade, and size-dependent dynamic effects cannot de...