Size determination of free metal clusters by core-level photoemission from different initial charge states

Summary, in English

We present the study of free nanoscale lead clusters using photoelectron spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation. Pb 5d core-level spectra reveal the presence of different initial charge states of the clusters created by the magnetron-based source. We suggest a method for determining the cluster size from the charge-dependent core level binding energies. Both the core-level and the valence spectra demonstrate that we have created free metallic clusters with essentially the same electronic structure as the solid.

• Author: Sergey Peredkov; Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen; Aldana Rosso; G. Ohrwall; M. Lundwall; T. Rander; A. Lindblad; H. Bergersen; W. Pokapanich; S. Svensson; O. Bjorneholm; Nils Mårtensson; Maxim Tchaplyguine
• Department/s: MAX IV Laboratory; Synchrotron Radiation Research
• Publishing year: 2007
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
• Volume: 76
• Issue: 8
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.081402
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Topic: Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics; Physical Sciences; Natural Sciences
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1098-0121