Numerous experiments and calculations have shown that isolated metal clusters possess many interesting features quite different from those known from...
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Résumé
Numerous experiments and calculations have shown that isolated metal clusters possess many interesting features quite different from those known from surface and solid-state physics or from atomic and molecular physics. The technological exploitation of these new properties, e.g. in miniature electronic or mechanical components, requires the cluster to be brought into an environment such as an encapsulating matrix or a surface. Due to the interaction with the contact medium, the properties of the clusters may change or even disappear. Thus the physics of cluster- on- surface systems - the main subject of this book - is of fundamental importance. The book addresses a wide audience, from the newcomer to the expert. Starting from fundamental concepts of adsorbate-surface interactions, the modification of electronic properties through electron confinement, and concepts of cluster production, it elucidates the distinct properties of the new metallic nanostructures.
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Confinement and Size Effects in Free Metal Clusters
Fundamentals of Adsorbate-Surface Interactions
Growth of Metal Clusters at Surfaces
Collision of Clusters with Surfaces
Electronic Level Structure of Metal Clusters at Surfaces
Conductance Quantisation in Metallic Point Contacts
Magnetism of Nanometer-Sized Particles and Clusters
Physical Chemistry of Supported Clusters
Application of Clusters to the Fabrication of Silicon Nanostructures