Accession Number:

ADP011194

Title:

From Atoms to Solids

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MAX-PLANCK-INST FUER FESTKOERPERFORSCHUNG STUTTGART (GERMANY F R)

Personal Author(s):

• Martin, T. P.

Report Date:

1999-01-31

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

Under certain experimental conditions a periodic structure can be induced in the mass spectra of clusters of metal atoms. For example, if the clusters are heated with a laser beam, those with high stability resist evaporation. The resulting mass spectra reveal that clusters with closed electronic shells and clusters with perfect icosahedral symmetry are unusually stable.

Descriptors:

• *ATOMIC STRUCTURE
• *METAL COMPLEXES
• IONS
• STABILITY
• ATOMS
• LASER BEAMS
• ELECTRONS
• CLUSTERING
• GERMANY
• SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
• SOLID PHASES
• MASS SPECTROMETRY

Subject Categories:

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE