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Title: | Neutral atoms in ionic lattices: Excited states of KCl:Ag(0) |
Author: | Sousa Romero, Carmen Graaf, Coen de Illas i Riera, Francesc Barriuso, M. T. Aramburu, J. A. Moreno Sereno, Mauricio |
Keywords: | Espectres d'absorció Excitació nuclear Teoria del funcional de densitat Química computacional Propietats òptiques Absorption spectra Nuclear excitation Density functional theory Computational chemistry Optical properties |
Issue Date: | 2000 |
Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
Abstract: | The optical-absorption spectrum of a cationic Ag0 atom in a KCl crystal has been studied theoretically by means of a series of cluster models of increasing size. Excitation energies have been determined by means of a multiconfigurational self-consistent field procedure followed by a second-order perturbation correlation treatment. Moreover results obtained within the density-functional framework are also reported. The calculations confirm the assignment of bands I and IV to transitions of the Ag-5s electron into delocalized states with mainly K-4s,4p character. Bands II and III have been assigned to internal transitions on the Ag atom, which correspond to the atomic Ag-4d to Ag-5s transition. We also determine the lowest charge transfer (CT) excitation energy and confirm the assignment of band VI to such a transition. The study of the variation of the CT excitation energy with the Ag-Cl distance R gives additional support to a large displacement of the Cl ions due to the presence of the Ag0 impurity. Moreover, from the present results, it is predicted that on passing to NaCl:Ag0 the CT onset would be out of the optical range while the 5s-5p transition would undergo a redshift of 0.3 eV. These conclusions, which underline the different character of involved orbitals, are consistent with experimental findings. The existence of a CT transition in the optical range for an atom inside an ionic host is explained by a simple model, which also accounts for the differences with the more common 3d systems. The present study sheds also some light on the R dependence of the s2-sp transitions due to s2 ions like Tl+. |
Note: | Reproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.13366 |
It is part of: | Physical Review B, 2000, vol. 62, núm. 20, p. 13366-13375 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/10851 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.13366 |
ISSN: | 0163-1829 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència dels Materials i Química Física) |
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