We summarize here the research advances on the reactivity of metal clusters. After a simple
introduction of apparatuses used for gas-phase cluster reactions, we focus on the reactivity …

Saturated hydrocarbons, or alkanes, are major constituents of natural gas and oil. Directly
transforming alkanes into more complex organic compounds is a value-adding process, but …

Despite widespread applications of tetravalent cerium compounds in organic synthesis and
catalysis, the coordination and organometallic chemistry of cerium (IV) complexes has not …

Laser ablation generated Au x (TiO2) y O z–(x= 0, 1; y= 2, 3; z= 1, 2) oxide cluster anions
have been mass-selected using a quadrupole mass filter and reacted with CO in a hexapole …

Scandium oxide cluster cations are prepared by laser ablation and reacted with n-butane in
a fast flow reactor. A reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer is built to detect the cluster …

The reactivity of mass-selected V 4 O 10+ cluster ions toward hydrocarbon molecules
including CH 4, C 2 H 4, and C 2 H 6 was explored in the references case by case. Herein …

Structures of stoichiometric (La 2 O 3) n (n= 1–6) clusters have been systematically studied
by theoretical calculations. Global minimum structures for these clusters are determined by …

Titanium and zirconium oxide cluster anions with dimensions up to nanosize are prepared
by laser ablation and reacted with carbon monoxide in a fast low reactor. The cluster …

Cerium oxide cluster ions, Ce n O2 n+ x+(n= 2–9, x=− 1 to+ 2), were prepared in the gas
phase by laser ablation of a cerium oxide rod in the presence of oxygen diluted in He as the …

The oxygen states on CeO 2 surfaces were investigated with DFT+ U calculations. The
results reveal the variable nature of the oxygen states, including the never before modeled …