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Experimental study of nanoscale metal clusters using synchrotron radiation excited photoelectron spectroscopy

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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:oulo.fi/oai:oulu.fi:isbn978-952-62-0079-8
Date21 January 2013
CreatorsMikkelä, M.-H. (Mikko-Heikki)
ContributorsHuttula, M. (Marko)
PublisherUniversity of Oulu
Source SetsUniversity of Oulu
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, © University of Oulu, 2013
Relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1239-4327

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