Accession Number:

ADA379191

Title:

Structure and Dynamics in Metal-Containing Clusters

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

GEORGIA UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ATHENS

Personal Author(s):

• Duncan, Michael A.

Report Date:

2000-06-23

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

Gas phase clusters were produced composed of a metal ion bound to one or more molecular ligands e.g., water, nitrogen, acetylene, methanol, etc.. These gas phase complexes were studied with mass-selected laser photodissociation spectroscopy and laser photoelectron spectroscopy ZEKE . These studies determine the structures and energetics of these clusters and they probe the dynamics of nascent solvation processes. Other metal clusters and metal-organic complexes were produced in the gas phase and evaluated for their potential for isolation in macroscopic quantities. Mass spectrometry and laser photodissociation measurements were employed for metal carbides, metal-C60 complexes and complexes of metal with polyaromatic hydrocarbons. These studies provide detailed experimental data which can be compared to theory to improve the overall understanding of metal-molecular interactions.

Descriptors:

• *METAL COMPLEXES
• *CLUSTERING
• ISOLATION
• ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
• CARBIDES
• FULLERENES
• VAPOR PHASES
• NITROGEN
• METHANOLS
• LIGANDS
• MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
• ACETYLENE
• SOLVATION
• ENERGETIC PROPERTIES
• ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
• PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA
• MASS SPECTROMETRY
• LASER SPECTROSCOPY
• IONS
• PHOTODISSOCIATION

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE