Physics – Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Scientific paper
2011-02-17
J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 6961 (2011)
Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
To be published in J. Phys. Chem. A
Scientific paper
10.1021/jp112192a
Neutral alkali clusters efficiently capture low-energy electrons with the aid of long-range polarization attraction. Upon attachment, the electron affinity and kinetic energy are dissipated into vibrations, heating the cluster and triggering evaporation of atoms and dimers. This process offers a novel means to explore nanocluster bonding and evaporation kinetics. The present work investigates the formation of ${Na}_N^-$. A crossed-beam experiment reveals that relative anion abundances become strongly and nontrivially restructured with respect to the neutral precursor beam. This restructuring is explained in quantitative detail by an analysis of evaporative cascades initiated by the attachment. The analysis thus furnishes a complete description of the electron attachment process, from initial attraction to final rearrangement of the cluster population. In addition, the paper describes a systematic derivation of cluster evaporation kinetics and internal temperature distributions; a new relation between the dissociation energies of cationic, neutral and anionic metal clusters; and a scenario for inferring the neutral cluster population in the supersonic beam from the cationic mass spectrum.
Hansen Klavs
Kresin Vitaly V.
Rabinovitch Roman
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