What determines if a ligand activates or passivates a superatom cluster?

Abstract

Quantum confinement in small metal clusters leads to a bunching of states into electronic shells reminiscent of shells in atoms, enabling the classification of clusters as superatoms.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Source ID
10.1039/c5sc04293c

Entities

People

  • A. W. Castleman
  • Arthur C Reber
  • Meiye Jia
  • Shiv N Khanna
  • William H. Blades
  • Zhixun Luo

Organizations

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Project
  • Lone Star College System
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Royal Institute of Chemistry
  • United States Army
  • Virginia Commonwealth University

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Quantum Computing