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12 páginas, 11 figuras.-- PACS number(s): 73.20.At, 73.20.Hb, 73.22.Dj, 68.37.EfWe report on a joint scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and theoretical wave packet propagation study of field emission resonances (FER’s) of nanosized alkali metal clusters deposited on a Cu(100) surface. In addition to FER’s of the pristine Cu(100) surface, we observe the appearance of island-induced resonances that are particularly well resolved for STM bias voltage values corresponding to electron energies inside the projected band gap of the substrate. The corresponding dI/dV maps reveal island-induced resonances of different nature. Their electronic densities are localized either inside the alkali cluster or on its boundaries. Our model calculations allow us to explain the experimental results as due to the coexistence and mixing of two kinds of island-induced states. On the one side, since the alkali work function is lower than that of the substrate, the nanosized alkali metal clusters introduce intrinsic localized electronic states pinned to the vacuum level above the cluster. These states can be seen as the FER’s of the complete alkali overlayer quantized by the cluster boundaries. On the other side, the attractive potential well due to the alkali metal cluster leads to two-dimensional (2D) localization of the FER’s of the Cu(100) surface, the corresponding split component of the resonances appearing below the bottom of the parent continuum. Our main conclusions are based on the attractive nature of the alkali ad-island potential. They are of general validity and, therefore, significant to understand electron confinement in 2D.We acknowledge partial financial support from the\udEuropean Research Council (StG 203239), the Spanish\udMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (MAT2010-15659 and\udFIS2010-19609-C02-01), the Basque Government-University\udof the Basque Country G.V.-UPV/EHU (IT-366-07), and the\udCatalan Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca\ud(2009 SGR 695). A.M. acknowledges the spanish Ministerio\udde Ciencia e Innovacion for financial support through the RyC\udprogram.Peer reviewe

Localization, splitting, and mixing of field emission resonances induced by alkali metal clusters on Cu(100)