Concepts and Materials for Sub Nano Chemistry

Abstract

Ultra-small metal and metal compound nanoclusters are produced and characterized in the gas phase using laser ablation of solid metal targets and then subsequently captured in solution. Fundamental measurements in the gas phase use mass spectrometry, laser photodissociation and infrared laser spectroscopy, complemented by computational quantum chemistry.In spectroscopy experiments, we have investigated metal ion-acetylene complexes of vanadium and zinc which are important as models for catalytic combustion processes. In synthesis experiments, metal-containing clusters produced initially in the gas phase are coated with ligands and captured in solution, stabilized with ligand coatings, using a new fast-flow

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 24, 2020
Accession Number
AD1104523

Entities

People

  • Michael A Duncan

Organizations

  • University of Georgia Research Foundation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Metals
  • Nanoparticles
  • Optical Properties
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Transition Metals

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Quantum Computing