Large Clusters of Atoms and Molecules

✍ Scribed by M. Brack, S. Creagh, P. Meier, S. M. Reimann, M. Seidl (auth.), T. P. Martin (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 538
Series: NATO ASI Series 313
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Very recently it has become possible to produce and characterize large clusters containing an exact, predetermined number of atoms. Through these efforts it has become clear that clusters containing even as many as 20,000 atoms cannot yet be considered as being tiny crystals. Their structure is often icosahedral. Their electrons are organized into shells rather than bands. In many respects the clusters behave more like giant atoms than solids. The interest in clusters has grown explosively in the last few years and there has been no lack of conferences devoted to clusters in general. However, only a few groups have begun to develop the experimental and theoretical techniques needed for the study of clusters containing 100 or more atoms. In this book, representatives from these groups have contributed tutorial chapters explaining the methods they have developed.
Audience: Scientists with little experience in clusters as well as cluster experts who wish to initiate experiments on large clusters.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Semiclassical Methods for the Description of Large Metal Clusters....Pages 1-45
Effects of the Surface and Finite Temperature on the Electronic Structure of Metal Clusters....Pages 47-70
Electronic Shells and Supershells in Gallium and Aluminum Clusters....Pages 71-88
Electronic Shells in Large Quantum Dots....Pages 89-110
Electron Shell Structure and Cluster Abundances....Pages 111-130
Shell-Correction Methods for Clusters....Pages 131-200
Thermodynamics and Decay of Liquid Alkali Clusters....Pages 201-220
Convergence of Cluster Properties Towards Bulk Behavior: How Large is Large?....Pages 221-239
Theoretical Predictions of Structure and Thermodynamics in the Large Cluster Regime....Pages 241-279
Phases and Phase Changes of Clusters....Pages 281-297
Topographies and Dynamics of Many-Dimensional Potential Surfaces....Pages 299-314
Photofragmentation of Hot Clusters: Evaporation, Fission, Photofragmentation Spectroscopy....Pages 315-353
Structure and Properties of Metal Clusters and Colloids in Ligand Shells....Pages 355-370
Dynamics of Cluster Reactions and Ionization: From Semiconductor to Hydrogen-Bonded/Van Der Waals Systems....Pages 371-404
The Growth and the Death of Carbon Fullerenes and Nanotubes....Pages 405-422
Lessons of a Discovery....Pages 423-435
Carbon Nanotubes and Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films....Pages 437-442
Impacting Clusters....Pages 443-461
Manipulation of Atoms and Clusters by STM....Pages 463-473
Optical Properties of Free and Embedded Metal Clusters: Recent Results....Pages 475-493
Large Scale Simulations Using Tight Binding Molecular Dynamics....Pages 495-510
Characterization of a Source of Large Clusters....Pages 511-530
Back Matter....Pages 531-535

✦ Subjects

Physical Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

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