CEQUINOR   05415
CENTRO DE QUIMICA INORGANICA "DR. PEDRO J. AYMONINO"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
B3LYP/cc-pVTZ study on small binary AlnPm (n = 1-4, m = 1-4; n + m ≤ 5) clusters.
Autor/es:
V. FERRARESI CUROTTO; R. PIS DIEZ
Lugar:
La Plata, Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Workshop; 1st International Workshop on Semiconductor Devices Modeling and Electronic Materials 2010; 2010
Institución organizadora:
Facultad de Ingeniería, UNLP
Resumen:
Semiconductors formed by group III/V elements have growing importance due to the potential application in the preparation of thin films for electronic devices. The interest in the study of AlN atomic clusters is based on the fact that the application in thin films requires a profound understanding of properties at atomic level as well as the growing pattern followed by the aggregates. Results obtained for clusters up to five atoms are reported, with emphasis on the growing pattern followed for the aggregates. Al/P aggregates were studied with tools from density functional theory (DFT); using the B3LYP hybrid exchange and correlation functional, with cc-pVTZ triple-æ basis functions, as implemented in the Gaussian 03 program. Equilibrium geometries were obtained starting from the AlP dimer and adding up aluminium and phosphorus atoms to grow the aggregates. The increase in the binding energy per atom was used to evaluate the growing. The preferred growing pattern was found to be AlP (3A) - AlPP (2A) - PAlPP (3A) - PPAlPP (2A). Molecular electrostatic potentials (MEP), spin densities and charges derived from electrostatic potentials were calculated to get a quantitative picture of the whole process. It is found that Al-P clusters tend to grow following a non planar pattern; preferring zones in which MEP´s are negative.