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Contribution of Clusters Physics to Materials Science and Technology

From Isolated Clusters to Aggregated Materials

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. J. Davenas

    1. Département de Physique des Matériaux, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

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  2. P. M. Rabette

    1. Laboratoire de Chimie des Solides, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Cedex 05, France

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 104)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Properties of Clusters in the Gas Phase

    • L. Wöste
    Pages 1-50

  3. Metal Cluster Beams and Electron Diffraction: Deviations from the Bulk States of Matter

    • Gilbert D. Stein
    Pages 51-83

  4. Generation of Beams of Refractory Metal Clusters

    • S. Wexler, S. J. Riley, E. K. Parks, C-R. Mao, L. G. Pobo
    Pages 85-89

  5. An Introduction to the Field of Catalysis by Molecular Clusters

    • J. M. Basset
    Pages 91-141

  6. Quantum Chemistry for Metal Clusters (Can the Correlation Problem be Cheated?)

    • Dennis R. Salahub
    Pages 143-194

  7. Electronic Structure of Metal Clusters

    • R. C. Baetzold
    Pages 195-214

  8. Characterization of Supported Metal Particles in Heterogeneous Catalysts: Part I. Studies of High Surface Area Materials

    • J. A. Dumesic, G. Connell
    Pages 215-253

  9. Characterization of Supported Metal Particles in Heterogeneous Catalysts: Part II. Studies of Low Surface Area, Model Materials

    • G. B. Raupp, T. J. Udovic, J. A. Dumesic
    Pages 255-293

  10. Peculiar Aspects of Heterogeneous Nucleation and Growth Processes Related to Metal Supported Catalyst

    • A. Masson
    Pages 295-309

  11. Formation, Action, and Properties of Clusters in the Photographic Process

    • Erik Moisar
    Pages 311-341

  12. Formation of Clusters in Bulk Materials

    • A. E. Hughes
    Pages 343-371

  13. Optical Properties of Small Particles in Insulating Matrices

    • U. Kreibig
    Pages 373-423

  14. Introduction to Percolation Theory

    • R. Blanc
    Pages 425-478

  15. Electronic and Transport Properties of Granular Materials

    • Morrel H. Cohen
    Pages 479-537

  16. Optical Properties and Solar Selectivity of Metal-Insulator Composites

    • G. A. Niklasson, C. G. Granqvist
    Pages 539-600

  17. Adhesion and Sintering of Small Particles

    • A. R. Thölén
    Pages 601-615

  18. Physics on the Beach or the Theory of Windsurfing

    • A. R. Thölén
    Pages 617-617

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 619-646
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During the last decade there has been an increasing interest in clusters and small particles because of the peculiar proper­ ties induced by their large area to volume ratio. For that reason small particles are often considered as an intermediate state of matter at the border between atomic (or molecular) chemistry, and physics of the condensed matter. The importance of the surface effect can explain the anomalous properties, for example the exis­ tence of the five fold symmetry observed in different circumstan­ ces '(beams of rare gas clusters, gold particles deposited on a substrate). However the question of the critical size at which the transition to bulk properties occurs cannot be simply answered, since the reply depends on the peculiar property which is studied. The importance of the size effect was emphasized in the last International Meetings. However the situation remains confused in most cases since the exact role of the cluster environment cannot be clearly elucidated and is a main difficulty, except in cluster beam experiments. In fact ideally free clusters constitute a labo­ ratory exception. In most applications small particles must be supported on a surface or embedded in a matrix, in order to be stabilized, which obviously shows the role of the environment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Département de Physique des Matériaux, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    J. Davenas

  • Laboratoire de Chimie des Solides, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Cedex 05, France

    P. M. Rabette

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