Increasing global environmental deterioration is becoming a serious concern, leading to an
exponential increase in scientific interest in renewable energy as an alternative to replace …

Soft‐and reactive landing of mass‐selected ions is gaining attention as a promising
approach for the precisely‐controlled preparation of materials on surfaces that are not …

The first overview of this topic begins with some historical aspects and a survey of the
principles of the gas aggregation method. The second part covers modifications of this …

Plasma processing is one of the key technologies worldwide, especially using nonthermal,
low-temperature plasmas. Recently, the situation is characterized by the fast-growing …

Heterogeneous gas-phase condensation is a promising method of producing hybrid
multifunctional nanoparticles with tailored composition and microstructure but also …

Magnetron plasma processes involving metal atoms and clusters are reviewed. The
formation of metal atoms near the cathode and their nucleation in a buffer gas flow are …

Physical synthesis employing magnetron sputtering and gas aggregation in a modified
commercial source has been coupled with size-selection and ion soft landing to prepare …

Nanoclusters (NCs) are of great interest because they provide the link between the distinct
behavior of atoms and nanoparticles and that of bulk materials. Here, we report precisely …

Al/Al x O y and Ti/TiO x nanoparticles have been fabricated using gas aggregation cluster
source (GAS) equipped with 3-inch planar magnetrons. The main attention has been …

This reference on cluster physics in materials science draws upon the author's unrivalled
experience in plasma science. He covers in detail electromagnetic effects, cluster motion …