CO adsorption on small Aun （n = 1 - 7） clusters which are supported by a partially reduced rutile TiO2（110） surface has been investigated by the first-principles method. The low coordinated sites of Au clusters are favorable for CO adsorption. CO-Aun-TiO2 system displays surface magnetism. There is a strong interaction between the adsorbed CO molecule and the supported Au clusters.
The geometrical structure, stability, magnetism, and electronic structure of bimetallic clusters AuM2 and Au2M2, where M are 4d transition metal elements, are investigated systematically by using the first-principles method based on density functional theory. The calculation results show that there is a large amount of low-energy isomers with the very similar structure. AuM2 and Au2M2 clusters display dramatic magnetism. The magnetic moment of the 4d element is either enhanced or weakened with respect to the bulk value, which is largely dependent on the orbital exchange-splitting.
GU Juan1,2, WANG ShanYing2 & GOU BingCong1 1 Department of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
