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Atomic Clusters: From Gas Phase to Deposited

Woodruff, D. P.

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Prefacexi
  • Contentsxiii
  • Chapter 1. Size effects in the chemistry of small clusters1
  • 1. Introduction1
  • 2. CO Oxidation on Small Gold Clusters5
  • 3. The CO Chemistry of Supported PdN Clusters21
  • 4. The Polymerization of Acetylene on Supported Clusters37
  • 5. Size-Selected, Supported Clusters: Exciting New Model Systems for Electrocatalysis45
  • 6. Conclusion47
  • Note47
  • References47
  • Chapter 2. Chemical reactivity and catalytic properties of size-selected gas-phase metal clusters53
  • 1. Introduction53
  • 2. Experimental Techniques in Cluster Ion Chemistry55
  • 3. Concepts in Cluster Ion Chemistry64
  • 4. Catalytic Activity of Gas-Phase Clusters65
  • 5. Concluding Remarks86
  • References87
  • Chapter 3. Probing the unique size-dependent properties of small au clusters, au alloy clusters, and91
  • 1. Introduction91
  • 2. Experimental Method93
  • 3. Electronic and Structural Properties of Elemental Gold Clusters95
  • 4. Novel Gold Alloy Clusters111
  • 5. Gold as Hydrogen in Si–Au and B–Au Clusters122
  • 6. CO Chemisorption on Au Clusters: Implications for Nanogold Catalysis138
  • 7. Concluding Remarks145
  • Note Added in Proof146
  • Acknowledgments146
  • References146
  • Chapter 4. Aun and Agn (=1–8) nanocluster catalysts: gas-phase reactivity to deposited structures151
  • 1. Introduction151
  • 2. Experimental Methods152
  • 3. Interactions Between Aun and Agn Cluster Ions and Small Alkenes159
  • 4. Aun+ and Agn+ Deposited on TiO2(110) Surfaces Under Soft-Landing Conditions178
  • References197
  • Chapter 5. Oxide-supported metal clusters201
  • 1. Introduction201
  • 2. Alumina-Supported Metal Clusters202
  • 3. Magnesium Oxide-Supported Metal Clusters214
  • 4. Silica-Supported Metal Clusters225
  • 5. Titania-Supported Metal Clusters237
  • 6. Conclusions257
  • Acknowledgments257
  • References258
  • Chapter 6. Magic numbers for shells of electrons and shells of atoms in binary clusters271
  • 1. Introduction271
  • 2. Production of Binary Clusters274
  • 3. Phenomenological Modelling of the Many Body Problem for Doped Metal Clusters276
  • 4. A Selection of Doped Metal Cluster Systems279
  • 5. Summary and Outlook293
  • References293
  • Chapter 7. Computational electron spectroscopy of gas-phase metal clusters299
  • 1. Introduction299
  • 2. Converting Kohn–Sham Eigenenergies into Electron Binding Energies301
  • 3. Computational Methodology306
  • 4. Magnesium Clusters: Results and Discussion307
  • 5. Aluminum Clusters: Results and Discussion322
  • 6. Summary325
  • Acknowledgments325
  • References325
  • Chapter 8. Vibrational spectroscopy of gas-phase clusters and complexes327
  • 1. Introduction327
  • 2. Methods328
  • 3. Experimental Section332
  • 4. Results337
  • 5. Summary and Conclusions370
  • Note371
  • Acknowledgments371
  • References371
  • Chapter 9. Trapped ion electron diffraction: structural evolution of silver and gold clusters377
  • 1. Introduction377
  • 2. Methods of Trapped ion Electron Diffraction379
  • 3. Structural Transitions in Metal Clusters388
  • 4. Outlook404
  • Acknowledgments405
  • References405
  • Chapter 10. Superatoms: building blocks of new materials409
  • 1. Introduction409
  • 2. Jellium: Tenets, Electron Counts and Energetic Stability411
  • 3. Cluster Stability, Electronic Markers and Superatoms411
  • 4. Adding a Third Dimension to the Periodic Table413
  • 5. Influencing Properties: Creation of Active Sites and Effects on Reactivity418
  • 6. Establishing the Concept of Employing Superatoms in Producing Nanoscale Materials Formation419
  • 7. Implications of Cluster Science to Material and Surface Properties421
  • Acknowledgments424
  • References424
  • Chapter 11. Magnetic properties of 2D islands on single-crystal metal surfaces427
  • 1. Introduction427
  • 2. Magnetization vs. Temperature429
  • 3. Co Islands on Pt(111): MAE and Reversal Mechanism433
  • 4. Superlattices of Uniaxial Monodomain Islands445
  • 5. MAE and Magnetic Moment of Single Atoms454
  • 6. Spatially Resolved Measurements of Spin Polarization of Magnetic Islands459
  • 7. Conclusions and Outlook465
  • References466
  • Chapter 12. Electronic structure and magnetic properties of small deposited transition metal cluster471
  • 1. Introduction471
  • 2. Discussion472
  • 3. Summary483
  • Acknowledgments484
  • References484
  • Chapter 13. Magnetic properties of deposited and embedded clusters487
  • 1. Introduction487
  • 2. Deposited Clusters491
  • 3. Embedded Nanoparticle Assemblies505
  • 4. Applications of Cluster-Assembled Films523
  • 5. Conclusions and Summary529
  • References530
  • Chapter 14. Theory of magnetic clusters and nanostructures at surfaces535
  • 1. Introduction535
  • 2. Ground-State Theory536
  • 3. Free and Embedded Clusters542
  • 4. Binary Alloy Clusters550
  • 5. Ferromagnetic Clusters on Highly Polarizable Substrates555
  • 6. Finite-Temperature Magnetic Properties561
  • 7. Electron Correlation Effects in Magnetic Clusters572
  • 8. Conclusion583
  • Acknowledgments584
  • References584
  • Chapter 15. Modelling the structure and dynamics of metal nanoclusters deposited on graphite.589
  • 1. Introduction589
  • 2. Ab Initio Calculations of the Interaction of Small Metal Clusters with Graphite591
  • 3. Interaction Potentials601
  • 4. The Determination of Cluster Geometries602
  • 5. Molecular Dynamics Methodology604
  • 6. Pinning Clusters on Surfaces605
  • 7. Low-Energy Cluster Implantation609
  • 8. Conclusion and Future Prospects614
  • References615
  • Index617
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780444527561
  • ISBN-13 9780080475950
  • Author Woodruff, D. P.
  • Category Science
  • Subject Physical & Theoretical

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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.

* Contributions from leading experts in solid surfaces research
* Cluster science is concerned with the properties of materials on the nano-metre scale
* Brings together work on both free (gas-phase) clusters and those deposited on surfaces