The laser vaporization cluster source has been used for the production of gas phase atomic
clusters and metal-molecular complexes for 30 years. Numerous experiments in the …

Recent developments allow heat capacities to be measured for size-selected clusters
isolated in the gas phase. For clusters with tens to hundreds of atoms, the heat capacities …

Atomic clusters are aggregates of atoms containing a few to several thousand atoms. Due to
the small size of these pieces of matter, the properties of atomic clusters in general are …

This review summarizes recent research on the influence of phosphine ligands on the size,
stability, and reactivity of gold clusters synthesized in solution. Sub-nanometer clusters …

Mass spectrometry is the most widely used tool in the study of the properties and reactivity of
clusters in the gas phase. In this article, we demonstrate its use in investigating the …

The size-dependent properties of ultra-small gold cluster ions ligated with phosphines are
important to their scalable synthesis and potential applications in catalysis and energy …

The kinetic energy threshold for chemisorption of N2 on Al100+ has been measured as a
function of the nanocluster's temperature from 440 to 790 K. When the Al100+ cluster melts …

Heat capacities have been measured as a function of temperature for aluminum cluster
cations with 16–48 atoms. Some clusters show peaks in their heat capacities that are …

Dissociation energies have been determined for Al n+ clusters (n= 25–83) using a new
experimental approach that takes into account the latent heat of melting. According to the …

Cross sections for chemisorption of N2 onto Al44+/− cluster ions have been measured as a
function of relative kinetic energy and the temperature of the metal cluster. There is a kinetic …