Atomic Clusters: From Gas Phase to Deposited

D.P. Woodruff (Eds.)978-0-444-52756-1

Atomic Clusters: From Gas Phase to Deposited brings together a series of chapters, prepared by acknowledged experts in their fields. Both fundamental and practical aspects are addressed of the physics and chemistry of a novel state of matter, namely clusters of small numbers of atoms of nanometre dimensions. This is a field of nanoscience that existed before the word was invented, but has particularly achieved major advances in the recent years.

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Table of contents :
Content:
Contributors to Volume 12
Pages v-x

Preface
Pages xi-xii
D.P. Woodruff

Chapter 1 Size effects in the chemistry of small clusters Review Article
Pages 1-51
Matthias Arenz, Stefan Gilb, Ueli Heiz

Chapter 2 Chemical reactivity and catalytic properties of size-selected gas-phase metal clusters Review Article
Pages 53-90
S.M. Lang, D.M. Popolan, T.M. Bernhardt

Chapter 3 Probing the unique size-dependent properties of small Au clusters, Au alloy clusters, and CO-chemisorbed Au clusters in the gas phase Review Article
Pages 91-150
Hua-Jin Zhai, Xi Li, Lai-Sheng Wang

Chapter 4 Aun and Agn (n=1–8) nanocluster catalysts: gas-phase reactivity to deposited structures Review Article
Pages 151-199
S.K. Buratto, M.T. Bowers, H. Metiu, M. Manard, X. Tong, L. Benz, P. Kemper, S. Chrétien

Chapter 5 Oxide-supported metal clusters Review Article
Pages 201-269
Mingshu Chen, D. Wayne Goodman

Chapter 6 Magic numbers for shells of electrons and shells of atoms in binary clusters Review Article
Pages 271-297
S. Neukermans, E. Janssens, R.E. Silverans, P. Lievens

Chapter 7 Computational electron spectroscopy of gas-phase metal clusters Review Article
Pages 299-326
Julius Jellinek, Paulo H. Acioli

Chapter 8 Vibrational spectroscopy of gas-phase clusters and complexes Review Article
Pages 327-375
Knut R. Asmis, André Fielicke, Gert von Helden, Gerard Meijer

Chapter 9 Trapped ion electron diffraction: structural evolution of silver and gold clusters Review Article
Pages 377-407
Joel H. Parks, Xiaopeng Xing

Chapter 10 Superatoms: building blocks of new materials Review Article
Pages 409-425
A.W. Castleman Jr., S.N. Khanna

Chapter 11 Magnetic properties of 2D islands on single-crystal metal surfaces Review Article
Pages 427-470
H. Brune, S. Rusponi

Chapter 12 Electronic structure and magnetic properties of small deposited transition metal clusters Review Article
Pages 471-485
Wilfried Wurth, Michael Martins

Chapter 13 Magnetic properties of deposited and embedded clusters Review Article
Pages 487-534
C. Binns

Chapter 14 Theory of magnetic clusters and nanostructures at surfaces Review Article
Pages 535-588
G.M. Pastor, J. Dorantes-Dávila

Chapter 15 Modelling the structure and dynamics of metal nanoclusters deposited on graphite Review Article
Pages 589-616
R. Smith, S.D. Kenny, J.J. Belbruno, R.E. Palmer

Index
Pages 617-626