Vanadium-doped small silicon clusters: Photoelectron spectroscopy and density-functional calculations

Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional calculations of FenBO2− clusters

“…44 Briefly, the Fe n BO 2 − ͑n=1-10͒ cluster anions were produced in a laser vaporization source by ablating a rotating, translating B/Fe alloy target ͑13 mm diameter, Fe/B mole ratio of 50:1͒ with the second harmonic ͑532 nm͒ light pulses of a Nd:YAG ͑yttrium aluminum garnet͒ laser, while helium gas with 4 atm was allowed to expand through a pulsed valve over the alloy target. The residual oxygen on the target surface was sufficient to produce abundant Fe n BO 2 − clusters, so no additional oxygen was introduced into the source.…”

Communications: Investigation of the superatomic character of Al13 via its interaction with sulfur atoms

“…10 The Al n S m − clusters anions were produced by laser vaporization of an Al/S mixture disk target, cooled with helium carrier gas, and mass-analyzed with the time-of-flight ͑TOF͒ mass spectrometer. Size-selected Al n S m − clusters anions were photodetached with 266 nm photons.…”

Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory study of Bi2Aln− (n=1–4) clusters

“…The experiments were conducted on a home-built apparatus consisting of a time-of-fight mass spectrometer and a magneticbottle photoelectron spectrometer, which has been described elsewhere [20]. Briefly, Bi/Al cluster anions were generated in a laser vaporization source by laser ablation of a rotating disk target (13-mm diameter, Bi/Al atom ratio 1:1) with the second harmonic of a nanosecond Nd:YAG laser (Continuum Surelite II-10).…”