Evidence for quantized electronic level structure for 100-1300 electrons in metal-atomic clusters

John L. Persson; Robert L. Whetten; Hai Ping Cheng; R. Stephen Berry

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(91)85132-G

Evidence for quantized electronic level structure for 100-1300 electrons in metal-atomic clusters

John L. Persson, Robert L. Whetten, Hai Ping Cheng, R. Stephen Berry

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Abstract

Photoionization mass spectrometry experiments on cold and warm beams of Al_N clusters reveal large, N-specific discontunuities in their cohesive and ionization properties. These can be interpreted in terms of bunching of electron levels - large-shell structure - through agreement with calculations based on the spherical-jellium approximation. Specific deviations found for intermediate-size AL_N, and differences between aluminum and indium, are attributed to the perturbation by the ionic lattice of the spherical jellium orbitals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	215-222
Number of pages	8
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	186
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(91)85132-G
State	Published - Nov 8 1991
Externally published	Yes

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