Quantum mechanical model of localized electrons on the surface of polymer nanospheres

Stephen K. Gray; Bobby G. Sumpter; Donald W. Noid; Michael D. Barnes

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(00)01377-4

Quantum mechanical model of localized electrons on the surface of polymer nanospheres

Stephen K. Gray, Bobby G. Sumpter, Donald W. Noid, Michael D. Barnes

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Abstract

We examine the quantum mechanics of a simple model for charged dielectric nanospheres called quantum drops. The model, previously introduced in semiclassical quantization work, involves one electron moving in an effective potential field due to N-1 other electrons on the surface of a nanosphere. We discuss how electron confinement occurs and how energy levels exhibit scaling properties similar to those expected for a particle moving in a restricted, two-dimensional area.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	308-313
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	333
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(00)01377-4
State	Published - Jan 12 2001

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S.K.G. was supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, US Department of Energy under Contract No. W-31-109-ENG-38. The ORNL researchers were sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725.

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