Metal Clusters

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. On the History of Cluster Beams

   • E. W. Becker

   Pages 1-7

3. Shell Structure and Response Properties of Metal Clusters

   • W. D. Knight, Walt A. de Heer, Winston A. Saunders

   Pages 9-14

4. Shell Closings and Geometric Structure Effects. A Systematic Approach to the Interpretation of Abundance Distributions Observed in Photoionisation Mass Spectra for Alkali Cluster Beams

   • M. M. Kappes, P. Radi, M. Schär, C. Yeretzian, E. Schumacher

   Pages 15-19

5. Evolution of Photoionization Spectra of Metal Clusters as a Function of Size

   • C. Bréchignac, Ph. Cahuzac

   Pages 21-29

6. Spectroscopy of Na3

   • M. Broyer, G. Delacrétaz, P. Labastie, R. L. Whetten, J. P. Wolf, L. Wöste

   Pages 31-36

7. The Formation and Kinetics of Ionized Cluster Beams

   • I. Yamada, H. Usui, T. Takagi

   Pages 37-42

8. On the Phase of Metal Clusters

   • J. Gspann

   Pages 43-45

9. General Principles Governing Structures of Small Clusters

   • J. Koutecký, P. Fantucci

   Pages 47-53

10. Geometrical Structure of Metal Clusters

    • J. Buttet

    Pages 55-57

11. Electronic Structure and Bonding in Clusters: Theoretical Studies

    • K. Hermann, H. J. Hass, P. S. Bagus

    Pages 59-66

12. Metallic Ions and Clusters: Formation, Energetics, and Reaction

    • A. W. Castleman Jr., R. G. Keesee

    Pages 67-76

13. Experiments on Size-Selected Metal Cluster Ions in a Triple Quadrupole Arrangement

    • P. Fayet, L. Wöste

    Pages 77-82

14. Sputtered Metal Cluster Ions: Unimolecular Decomposition and Collision Induced Fragmentation

    • W. Begemann, S. Dreihöfer, K. H. Meiwes-Broer, H. O. Lutz

    Pages 83-88

15. A Penning Trap for Studying Cluster Ions

    • H.-J. Kluge, H. Schnatz, L. Schweikhard

    Pages 89-94

16. The Chemistry and Physics of Molecular Surfaces

    • A. Kaldor, D. M. Cox, D. J. Trevor, M. R. Zakin

    Pages 95-104

17. Analysis of the Reactivity of Small Cobalt Clusters

    • A. Rosén, T. T. Rantala

    Pages 105-109

18. Compound Clusters

    • T. P. Martin

    Pages 111-117

19. Structural and Electronic Properties of Compound Metal Clusters

    • B. K. Rao, S. N. Khanna, P. Jena

    Pages 119-122

20. Binary Metal Alloy Clusters

    • Klaus Sattler

    Pages 123-131

This volume contains papers which have been presented at the International Sym­ posium on Metal Clusters in Heidelberg from April 7-11, 1986. Clusters, and in particular metal clusters, have been the topic of fa~t growing scientific interest. Indeed, clusters constitute a field of interdisciplinary nature where both physical and chemical questions have to be addressed. Clusters are offundamental importance for the deeper understanding of the transition from atoms via molecules and larger aggregates of particles to the properties of solid materials. Moreover, metal clusters and their character­ istics are of vital significance for such applied topics as catalysis or photography. Experimentally, the field exhibited rapid progress in the last years. Different sources for clusters have been developed. Intense beams made possible the investigation of free neutral clusters and cluster ions as well. Even though a number of issues concerning metal clusters is still discussed controversially, the present volume tries to give an overview of current work in this field and to illustrate the large variety of experiments as well as the advances made possible by modern theoretical methods. Looking at the many interesting questions still to be addressed it is fair to propose a rapid further growth of this field.

• atoms
• catalysis
• chemistry
• cluster
• collision
• experiment
• growth
• kinetics
• metals
• molecule
• paper
• particles
• photography
• polymer
• spectra

• Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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