Abstract
In this work an experimental study of size varied, neutral, and free metal clusters using synchrotron radiation excited photoelectron spectroscopy was performed. The combined core-level and valence photoelectron spectroscopic investigation indicates metallic properties for nanoscale Rb, K, Sn, and Bi clusters. In the case of Sn the experimental results suggest a metal-to-insulator transition occurring at the studied size range. In addition to the experimental results the technical implementation of the cluster production set-up is presented and jellium-model-based simulations are compared with the experimental results of the Rb and K clusters.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:oulo.fi/oai:oulu.fi:isbn978-952-62-0079-8 |
| Date | 21 January 2013 |
| Creators | Mikkelä, M.-H. (Mikko-Heikki) |
| Contributors | Huttula, M. (Marko) |
| Publisher | University of Oulu |
| Source Sets | University of Oulu |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, © University of Oulu, 2013 |
| Relation | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1239-4327 |
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