| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 58, Number 5, June 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 751 - 757 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00413-7 | |
| Published online | 01 May 2002 | |
Broken-bond rule for the surface energies of noble metals
Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich -
D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Corresponding author: I.Galanakis@fz-juelich.de
Received:
2
November
2001
Accepted:
12
March
2002
Using two different full-potential ab initio techniques we introduce a simple rule based on the number of broken first-neighbour bonds to determine the surface energies of the three noble metals Cu, Ag and Au. When one bond is broken, the rearrangement of the electronic charge for these metals does not practically lead to a change of the remaining bonds. Thus the energy needed to break a bond is independent of the surface orientation, so that the surface energy is in good approximation proportional to the number of broken nearest-neighbour bonds.
PACS: 71.15.Nc – Total energy and cohesive energy calculations / 71.15.-m – Methods of electronic structure calculations / 73.20.At – Surface states, band structure, electron density of states
© EDP Sciences, 2002
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