FERNÁNDEZ SANZ , Javier

Molecular-dynamics simulations of gold particles deposited on a TiN 001 surface have been accounted for through classical pair potentials describing the atom force field. The interaction between Ti–N, Ti–Ti, N–N, Au–Au, Au–Ti, and Au–N pairs was estimated by following a procedure in which the interaction energy between two sets of atoms is...

The constrained space orbital variation (CSOV) method for the analysis of the interaction energy has been implemented in the periodic ab initio CRYSTAL03 code. The method allows for the partition of the energy of two interacting chemical entities, represented in turn by periodic models, into contributions which account for electrostatic...

The electronic properties of N-doped rutile TiO2(110) have been investigated using synchrotron-based photoemission and density-functional calculations. The doping via N+2 ion bombardment leads to the implantation of N atoms (∼5% saturation concentration) that coexist with O vacancies. Ti 2p core level spectra show the formation of Ti3+ and a...

The structural and electronic properties of CeOx species supported on the rutile TiO2 110 surface have been examined by means of periodic density-functional calculations that use a generalized gradient approximation functional including a Hubbard-like type correction. Deposition of Ce atoms leads in a first step to Ce3+ ions bound to the...

This work presents a detailed experimental and theoretical study of the oxidation of TiN(001) using a combination of synchrotron-based photoemission and density functional theory (DFT). Experimentally, the adsorption of O2 on TiN(001) was investigated at temperatures between 250 and 450K. At the lowest temperature, there was chemisorption of...

The growth mechanism of the Cu/α−Al2O3 (0001) interface is studied by first-principles molecular-dynamics simulations as a function of the transition-metal coverage (θ) and the temperature of the system. On the anhydrous surface growth of Cu(0) 3D clusters is predicted. On the partially hydroxylated surface, a Cu(I) monolayer, relatively stable...

A method for determination of ab initio group model potentials, with the intention of describing the effects of a whole molecule or a chemical group within a density functional theory framework, is reported. The one-electron part of the Kohn–Sham equations is modified by incorporation of a Coulomb operator, which accounts for the classical...

Molecular-dynamics simulations of sodium silicate glasses in a range of alkali concentration going from 1.8% to 33.33% molar of Na2O are reported. Our simulations show that there is a tight relationship between Na atoms and nonbridging oxygens which are mainly located in the first Na coordination shell. In the whole range of composition, Na and...