Abstract
Transition metal clusters are produced in molecular beams with laser vaporization of metal targets. Vibrationally and rotationally resolved electronic spectra of the metal clusters are obtained with zero electron kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron spectroscopy. The resolution of the spectra is of the order of sub-millielectron volts. Experiments on bare vanadium and yttrium clusters and ligated yttrium, zirconium, and niobium clusters are presented. The bond length of vanadium dimer is determined from the rotationally resolved spectra. Electronic states and molecular geometries of larger clusters are determined by combining the vibrationally resolved spectra with density functional theory and Franck-Condon factor calculations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 153-169 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank our collaborators whose names appear on the papers quoted herein. Partial funding of this work was provided by the Network of Centers of Excellence in Molecular and Interfacial Dynamics, once one of the 15 Networks of Centers of Excellence supported by the Government of Canada. DSY thanks the Donors of The Petroleum Research Fund, administrated by the American Chemical Society, for support of his research related to transition metal clusters at the University of Kentucky.
Funding
We thank our collaborators whose names appear on the papers quoted herein. Partial funding of this work was provided by the Network of Centers of Excellence in Molecular and Interfacial Dynamics, once one of the 15 Networks of Centers of Excellence supported by the Government of Canada. DSY thanks the Donors of The Petroleum Research Fund, administrated by the American Chemical Society, for support of his research related to transition metal clusters at the University of Kentucky.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Network of Centers of Excellence in Molecular and Interfacial Dynamics | |
| American Chemical Society | |
| American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund | |
| Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Government of Canada |
Keywords
- Density functional calculation
- Metal cluster
- ZEKE spectroscopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Radiation
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Spectroscopy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry