Dynamics of clusters and molecules in contact with an environment

2009/03/31 by Phuong Mai Dinh, P. M. Dinh, P.‐G. Reinhard +2
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Atomic physics #Chemical physics #Cluster (spacecraft) #Density functional theory #Dipole #Electron #Ion-surface interactions and analysis #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma #Molecular dynamics #Molecular physics #Molecule #Physics #Polarizability #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Time-dependent density functional theory #physics.atm-clus

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2009.07.006

published as Physics Reports 485 (2010) 43 · 101 pages, accepted in Physics Reports

arxiv created 2009/07/24 · openalex publication_date 2009/09/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We present recent theoretical investigations on the dynamics of metal clusters in contact with an environment, deposited of embedded. This concerns soft deposition as well as irradiation of the deposited/embedded clusters by intense laser pulses. We discuss examples of applications for two typical test cases, Na clusters deposited on MgO(001) surface and Na clusters in/on Ar substrate. Both environments are insulators with sizeable polarizability. They differ in their geometrical and mechanical properties.

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