Quantum Size Effects in Hexagonal Plutonium Layers

摘要

During the past two decades, considerable theoretical efforts have been devoted to studying the electronic and geometric structures and related properties of surfaces to high accuracy. One of the many motivations for this burgeoning effort has been a desire to understand the detailed mechanisms that lead to surface corrosion in the presence of environmental gases; a problem that is not only scientifically and technologically challenging but also environmentally important. Such efforts are particularly important for systems like the actinides for which experimental work is relatively difficult to perform as a result of material problems and toxicity.