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Cluster Assembled Nanostructures: Designing Interface Properties
Author(s) -
Kaiser Bernhard,
Stegemann Bert
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200300946
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , overlayer , nanostructure , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , deposition (geology) , materials science , chemical physics , chemistry , computer science , paleontology , sediment , biology , programming language
Overlayer structures can be formed on surfaces by the deposition of preformed clusters from the gas phase containing from only a few up to a few hundred atoms. By this method, nanostructures with novel chemical and physical properties can be stabilized. This article presents the results obtained using the simple molecular cluster Sb 4 as the precursor for deposition and nanoparticle assembly on various surfaces, and under various conditions. A rich variety of phenomena is observed and discussed.