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FIZIKA A 14 (2005) 1 , 1-8
 
THE STRUCTURE OF ULTRATHIN Ag FILMS ON Pd(111)
PREDRAG LAZIĆ, DAMIR ŠOKČEVIĆ and RADOVAN BRAKO
Ruđer Bošković Institute, P.O. Box 180, HR-10 002 Zagreb, Croatia
Received 22 November 2004; Accepted 21 January 2005
Online 21 October 2005
We have performed ab initio density functional calculations of thin Ag films on
the Pd(111) surface. We have calculated the structural properties and the electronic bands
of the Ag/Pd systems. There is a band gap in the electronic density of states around the
centre of the two-dimensional Brillouin zone of the Pd(111) surface, which makes possible
the formation of localised states in the adsorbed silver films. We find that quantum-well
states may form at binding energies around 4 eV.
PACS numbers: 71.15.Mb, 73.20.At, 73.21.Fg, 73.61.At
UDC 538.975
Keywords: density functional calculations, thin films, silver, palladium, quantum-well
states
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