Dielectric polarization in axially-symmetric nanostructures: a computational approach

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2009.09.005MaRDI QIDQ614996zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. L. Movilla, J. I. Climente, Josep Planelles

Publication date 5 January 2011

Published in Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2009.09.005

zbMATH Keywords

dielectric confinementexcitonimage potential statenanorodPoisson equationself-energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical solution of discretized equations for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N22) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M20)

Review text

The authors develop a computational scheme for electrostatic interactions in dielectrically mismatched nanostructures with axial symmetry. The calculation procedure goes through the computation of image charges induced at the interface between materials of different dielectric response. To achieve the required accuracy in the estimation of the self-polarization potential, the authors establish a framework based on the interpenetration of different discretization grids, which minimizes computer requirements and time consumption. The procedure has been employed to illustrate the influence of the dielectric environment on different properties of colloidal nanorods. Numerical simulations illustrate the results in two different frameworks: (i) excitons in nanorods, and (ii) curvature effects on image potential states.

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