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Autori principali: Mandal, Shyama Charan, Abild-Pedersen, Frank
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15144
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author Mandal, Shyama Charan
Abild-Pedersen, Frank
author_facet Mandal, Shyama Charan
Abild-Pedersen, Frank
contents Surface energies of metal-based systems are important for determining the Wulff-constructed shapes of metal nanoparticles and understanding the stability. We have developed a coordination number-based model to predict the total energy of metal-based systems across a wide range of configurations. Our model has been tested against Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations for late transition metals. This method enables on-the-fly surface energy predictions and allows for the Wulff construction of metal particles for a random number of elemental atoms and without the need for DFT calculations. By making a division between atoms in the different layers of the model system we can considerably improve the accuracy of the model, suggesting a dissimilarity between the electronic structure due to an alternating compression and expansion of atomic layers in the near-surface region. We find that our model accurately and effectively provides valuable insights into the distribution and stability of nanoparticle surfaces.
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spellingShingle A Coordination-Based Model for the Prediction of Surface Energies and the Shape of Metal Particles
Mandal, Shyama Charan
Abild-Pedersen, Frank
Materials Science
Surface energies of metal-based systems are important for determining the Wulff-constructed shapes of metal nanoparticles and understanding the stability. We have developed a coordination number-based model to predict the total energy of metal-based systems across a wide range of configurations. Our model has been tested against Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations for late transition metals. This method enables on-the-fly surface energy predictions and allows for the Wulff construction of metal particles for a random number of elemental atoms and without the need for DFT calculations. By making a division between atoms in the different layers of the model system we can considerably improve the accuracy of the model, suggesting a dissimilarity between the electronic structure due to an alternating compression and expansion of atomic layers in the near-surface region. We find that our model accurately and effectively provides valuable insights into the distribution and stability of nanoparticle surfaces.
title A Coordination-Based Model for the Prediction of Surface Energies and the Shape of Metal Particles
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15144