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Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

The European Physical Journal D

Volume 16 / No 1-3 (September 2001)

ISSPIC 10

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Editorial

Editorial p. 6

Ingolf Hertel

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170047

Electronic and Geometric Structures of Clusters

Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of Si₄⁻ to Si⁻₁₀₀₀ p. 9

M. Astruc Hoffmann, G. Wrigge, B.v. Issendorff, J. Müller, G. Ganteför and H. Haberland

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170048

Femtosecond ionization of magnesium clusters grown in ultracold helium droplets p. 13

T. Döppner, Th. Diederich, J. Tiggesbäumker and K. H. MeiwesBroer

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170049

Systematic study of small BN clusters p. 17

S. Guerini and P. Piquini

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170050

Metallic evolution of small magnesium clusters p. 21

J. Akola, K. Rytkönen and M. Manninen

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170051

Non-crystalline structures in the growth of silver nanoclusters p. 25

F. Baletto, C. Mottet and R. Ferrando

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170052

Assessing the validity of theoretical results p. 29

S. Varga, K. Bolton, H. Grönbeck, A. Snis, A. Rosén and B. Fricke

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170053

Structures and its evolution of Ba_n (n = 2 ~ 14) clusters p. 33

G. Chen, Z. F. Liu and X. G. Gong

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170054

Theoretical study of small silicon clusters on a graphite layer p. 37

F. Hagelberg, C. Xiao, B. Marsen, M. Lonfat, P. Scheier and K. Sattler

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170055

Molecular dynamics simulations of the freezing of gold nanoparticles p. 43

Y. Chushak and L. S. Bartell

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170056

Connecting cluster dynamics and protein folding p. 47

R. S. Berry, A. Fernandez and K. Kostov

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170057

Growth of tellurium clusters in presence of metal impurities p. 51

C. Herwig and J. A. Becker

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170058

Relaxation dynamics in the presence of unequally spaced attractors along the reaction coordinate p. 55

F. Despa and R. S. Berry

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170059

Charging and Fragmentation of Clusters

Ionic recoil energies in the Coulomb explosion of metal clusters p. 59

S. Teuber, T. Döppner, T. Fennel, J. Tiggesbäumker and K. H. MeiwesBroer

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170060

Observation of multiply charged silver-cluster anions p. 65

A. Herlert, L. Schweikhard and M. Vogel

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170061

Decay reactions of rare gas cluster ions: Kinetic energy release distributions and binding energies p. 69

R. Parajuli, S. Matt, O. Echt, A. Stamatovic, P. Scheier and T. D. Märk

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170062

Decay pathways of small gold clusters - The competition between monomer and dimer evaporation p. 73

M. Vogel, K. Hansen, A. Herlert and L. Schweikhard

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170063

Evidence for trimers evaporation in silver bromide clusters p. 77

J.-M. L'Hermite, F. Rabilloud, P. Labastie and F. Spiegelman

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170064

Trianionic gold clusters p. 81

C. Yannouleas, U. Landman, A. Herlert and L. Schweikhard

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170065

Cluster Collisions and Reactions

Collision-induced fragmentation and neutralization of methanol cluster cations p. 87

W. Christen and U. Even

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170066

Doubly charged clusters - neutral atom charge transfer: the role of the Coulombic repulsion p. 91

C. Bréchignac, Ph. Cahuzac, B. Concina and J. Leygnier

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170067

Solvation and chemical reaction of sodium in water clusters p. 95

C. Bobbert and C. P. Schulz

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170068

An inelastic threshold in electron - alkali cluster collisions p. 99

V. Kasperovich, K. Wong, G. Tikhonov and V. V. Kresin

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170069

Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of high energy cluster impact on diamond surface p. 103

Y. Yamaguchi and J. Gspann

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170070

Intracluster electron transfer from a metal atom/cluster followed by anionic oligomerization of vinyl molecules p. 107

K. Ohshimo, H. Tsunoyama, F. Misaizu and K. Ohno

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170071

Electron capture in the ion-cluster collision: effect of the electronic interaction p. 111

R.-J. Tarento, P. Joyes, J. van de Walle and M. Nakamura

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170072

Measuring the implantation depth of silver clusters in graphite p. 115

D. J. Kenny, S. C. Weller, M. Couillard, R. E. Palmer, C. F. Sanz-Navarro and R. Smith

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170073

High energy collisions of protonated water clusters p. 119

S. Tomita, J. S. Forster, P. Hvelplund, A. S. Jensen and S. B. Nielsen

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170074

Metastability of gold-carbonyl cluster complexes, Au_N(CO)_M⁻ p. 123

W. T. Wallace and R. L. Whetten

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170075

Ultrafast Dynamics and Spectroscopy of Clusters

Control of wavepacket dynamics in mixed alkali metal clusters by optimally shaped fs pulses p. 127

A. Bartelt, S. Minemoto, C. Lupulescu, Š. Vajda and L. Wöste

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170076

Theoretical exploration of ultrafast spectroscopy of small clusters p. 133

V. Bonačić-Koutecký, M. Hartmann and J. Pittner

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170077

Femtosecond surface plasmon resonance dynamics and electron-electron interactions in silver nanoparticles p. 139

C. Voisin, D. Christofilos, N. Del Fatti and F. Vallée

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170078

Vibrational wave packet dynamics in the silver tetramer probed by NeNePo femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy p. 145

H. Hess, K. R. Asmis, T. Leisner and L. Wöste

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170079

Theoretical investigation of the ultrafast NeNePo spectroscopy of Au₄ and Ag₄ Clusters p. 151

M. Hartmann, R. Mitrić, B. Stanca and V. Bonačić-Koutecký

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170080

Fluorescence spectroscopy of silver clusters formed in rare gas droplets p. 157

D. Ievlev, I. Rabin, W. Schulze and G. Ertl

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170081

Analysis and control of ultrafast photodissociation processes in organometallic molecules p. 161

Š. Vajda, P. Rosendo-Francisco, C. Kaposta, M. Krenz, C. Lupulescu and L. Wöste

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170082

Magnetic Properties of Clusters and Nanoparticles

Magnetization curves of Dy_N clusters p. 165

S. Pokrant and J. A. Becker

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170083

Temperature dependent properties of metallic clusters containing magnetic impurities p. 169

J. L. Ricardo-Chávez and G. M. Pastor

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170084

Magnetic studies on mass-selected iron particles p. 173

R. P. Methling, V. Senz, E. D. Klinkenberg, Th. Diederich, J. Tiggesbäumker, G. Holzhüter, J. Bansmann and K. H. MeiwesBroer

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170085

DFT studies of the molecular nanomagnet Fe₈ and the V₁₅ spin system - Electronic structure and magnetic ordering p. 177

J. Kortus, M. R. Pederson, C. S. Hellberg and S. N. Khanna

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170086

Magnetic excitation of ferromagnetic dimer molecules p. 181

T. Oda

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170087

Non-collinear magnetic moments of seven-atom Cr, Mn and Fe clusters p. 185

N. Fujima

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170088

Synchrotron radiation studies of mass-selected Fe nanoclusters deposited in situ p. 189

C. Binns, S. H. Baker, M. J. Maher, S. C. Thornton, S. Louch, S. S. Dhesi and N. B. Brookes

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170089

Spin diffusion on a linear spin polarised chain p. 193

R.-J. Tarento, P. Joyes and J. van de Walle

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170090

Preparation and properties of Nanoparticles

Resonance and composition effects on the Raman scattering from silver-gold alloy clusters p. 197

H. Portales, L. Saviot, E. Duval, M. Gaudry, E. Cottancin, J. Lermé, M. Pellarin, M. Broyer, B. Prével and M. Treilleux

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170091

Size and concentration effects in the optical properties of alloyed (Au_x Ag_1-x)_n and core-shell (Ni_x Ag_1-x)_n embedded clusters p. 201

M. Gaudry, J. Lermé, E. Cottancin, M. Pellarin, B. Prével, M. Treilleux, P. Mélinon, J.-L. Rousset and M. Broyer

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170092

Structure of unsupported bismuth nanoparticles p. 205

A. Wurl, M. Hyslop, S. A. Brown, B. D. Hall and R. Monot

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170093

Novel synthesis, structure and catalysis of inverted core/shell structured Pd/Pt bimetallic nanoclusters p. 209

N. Toshima, Y. Shiraishi, A. Shiotsuki, D. Ikenaga and Y. Wang

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170094

Spectral hole burning in absorption profiles of metal nanoparticles prepared by laser assisted growth - Towards the systematic investigation of the size dependent decay time of surface plasmon excitation p. 213

J. Bosbach, C. Hendrich, T. Vartanyan, F. Stietz and F. Träger

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170095

Optical and electrical properties of hydrogenated yttrium nanoparticles p. 219

G. Bour, A. Reinholdt, A. Stepanov, C. Keutgen and U. Kreibig

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170096

Pure and Sb-doped SnO₂ nanoparticles studied by photoelectron spectroscopy p. 225

C. McGinley, S. Al Moussalami, M. Riedler, M. Pflughoefft, H. Borchert, M. Haase, A. R.B. de Castro, H. Weller and T. Möller

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170097

Stress state of silver nanoparticles embedded in a silicate glass matrix investigated by HREM and EXAFS spectroscopy p. 229

M. Dubiel, S. Brunsch, W. Seifert, H. Hofmeister and G. L. Tan

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170098

Unsupported lead clusters and electron diffraction p. 233

M. Hyslop, A. Wurl, S. A. Brown, B. D. Hall and R. Monot

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170099

Polarization dependence of the permanent deformation of silver nanoparticles in glass by ultrashort laser pulses p. 237

M. Kaempfe, G. Seifert, K.-J. Berg, H. Hofmeister and H. Graener

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170100

Charge carrier dynamics in CdSe nanocrystals: implications for the use of quantum dots in novel photovoltaics p. 241

D. F. Underwood, T. Kippeny and S. J. Rosenthal

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170101

Formation and stability of large B₆O clusters with icosahedral structure p. 245

F. Ding, G. Wang, S. Yu, J. Wang, W. Shen and H. Li

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170102

The effect of oxidation on the structure of nickel nanoparticles p. 249

B. Rellinghaus, S. Stappert, E. F. Wassermann, H. Sauer and B. Spliethoff

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170103

Efficiency of Pd impregnated sol-gel derived γ-alumina porous spheres as catalyst p. 253

V. R. Palkar

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170104

Cluster-embedding method to simulate large cluster and surface problems p. 257

T. Jacob, B. Fricke, J. Anton, S. Varga, T. Baştuğ, S. Fritzsche and W.-D. Sepp

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170105

On the proximity relation between two surface-melted clusters involved in inter-cluster mass transfer p. 261

F. Despa and R. S. Berry

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170106

Clustered and Nanostructured Materials

Control of island morphology by dynamic coalescence of soft-landed clusters p. 265

C. Bréchignac, Ph. Cahuzac, F. Carlier, C. Colliex, M. de Frutos, N. Kébaïli, J. Le Roux, A. Masson and B. Yoon

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170107

Electronic properties of assembled islands of hydrogen-saturated silicon clusters on Si(111)-(7×7) surfaces studied by scanning tunneling spectroscopy p. 271

L. Bolotov, N. Uchida and T. Kanayama

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170108

Material characterization of a nanocrystal based photovoltaic device p. 275

M. M. Erwin, A. V. Kadavanich, J. McBride, T. Kippeny, S. Pennycook and S. J. Rosenthal

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170109

Photoluminescence properties of silica-based mesoporous materials similar to those of nanoscale silicon p. 279

Yu. D. Glinka, A. S. Zyubin, A. M. Mebel, S. H. Lin, L. P. Hwang and Y. T. Chen

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170110

Assembling of hydrogenated aluminum clusters p. 285

F. Duque, L. M. Molina, M. J. López, A. Mañanes and J. A. Alonso

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170111

Nanostructures of gold coated iron core-shell nanoparticles and the nanobands assembled under magnetic field p. 289

W. L. Zhou, E. E. Carpenter, J. Lin, A. Kumbhar, J. Sims and C. J. O'Connor

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170112

Phase behavior of organic-inorganic crystal - Temperature-dependent diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy of silver stearate p. 293

S. J. Lee, S. W. Han, H. J. Choi and K. Kim

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170113

Diffusion and aggregation of Ag_n-clusters (n = 2-9) on HOPG probed by fs-two-photon-photoemission p. 297

U. Busolt, E. Cottancin, L. Socaciu, H. Röhr, T. Leisner and L. Wöste

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170114

Nanostructuring of single crystal diamond by reactive and non-reactive accelerated cluster erosion p. 301

C. Becker, J. Gspann and R. Krämer

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170115

Composition dependence on dispersion of Au/Cu bimetallic nanoparticles in nylon 11 thin films p. 305

K. Akamatsu, T. Kawamura and S. Deki

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170116

Radiation defects in nano-structured materials p. 309

H. Ohtsuka, K. Hojou, H. Maeta, H. Otsu, H. Sugai and H. Yamamoto

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170117

Preparation of Cu₂O nanoparticles dispersed in NH₂-terminated polyethyleneoxide matrix p. 313

H. Yanagimoto, K. Akamatsu, K. Goto and S. Deki

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170118

Formation and manipulation of regular metallic nanoparticle arrays on bacterial surface layers: an advanced TEM study p. 317

M. Mertig, R. Wahl, M. Lehmann, P. Simon and W. Pompe

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170119

Second harmonic generation in Ga nanoparticle monolayers p. 321

A. M. Malvezzi, M. Patrini, A. Stella, P. Tognini, P. Cheyssac and R. Kofman

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170120

Synthesis and microstructure of metal oxide thin films containing metal nanoparticles by liquid phase deposition (LPD) method p. 325

S. Deki, Hnin Yu Yu Ko, T. Fujita, K. Akamatsu, M. Mizuhata and A. Kajinami

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170121

Coalescence process of monodispersed Co cluster assemblies p. 329

D. L. Peng, T. J. Konno, K. Wakoh, T. Hihara and K. Sumiyama

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170122

Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon-based Clusters

Molecular fusion of fullerenes p. 333

A. Glotov, O. Knospe, R. Schmidt and E. E.B. Campbell

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170123

SiC bonding in (C₆₀)_nSi_m clusters p. 337

P. Mélinon, F. Tournus, B. Masenelli, A. Perez, M. Pellarin, J. Lermé, M. Broyer and B. Champagnon

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170124

Inorganic nanotubes and fullerenes - Structure and properties of hypothetical phosphorus fullerenes p. 341

G. Seifert, T. Heine and P. W. Fowler

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170125

The transition from direct to delayed ionisation of C₆₀ p. 345

E. E.B. Campbell, K. Hoffmann and I. V. Hertel

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170126

C₇₈ IPR fullerenes: Computed B3LYP/6-31G*//HF/3-21G temperature-dependent relative concentrations p. 349

F. Uhlík, Z. Slanina and E. Ōsawa

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170127

Transport properties of a nanotube-based transistor p. 353

K. Esfarjani, A. A. Farajian, F. Ebrahimi and Y. Kawazoe

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170128

Study of oxygen-C₆₀ compound formation by NEXAFS and RIXS p. 357

T. Käämbre, L. Qian, J.-E. Rubensson, J.-H. Guo, C. Såthe, J. Nordgren, J.-P. Palmqvist and U. Jansson

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170129

Atomic structure and stability of elliptical carbon onion p. 361

H. Kitahara, T. Oku and K. Suganuma

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170130

Molecular beam deflection experiments on mixed clusters - Permanent dipole of transition metal-C₆₀ compounds p. 365

I. Compagnon, R. Antoine, D. Rayane, Ph. Dugourd and M. Broyer

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170131

Time evolution of emission by carbon nanoparticles generated with a laser furnace technique p. 369

S. Suzuki, H. Yamaguchi, T. Ishigaki, R. Sen, H. Kataura, W. Krätschmer and Y. Achiba

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170132

Quantum Dots and Wires

Coupling and dissociation in artificial molecules p. 373

C. Yannouleas and U. Landman

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170133

Magnetic properties of quantum dots and rings p. 381

M. Manninen, M. Koskinen, S. M. Reimann and B. Mottelson

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170134

Far-infrared response of quantum-dot molecules p. 387

M. Valín-Rodríguez, A. Puente and Ll. Serra

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170135

Electronic structures in coupled two quantum dots by 3D-mesh Hartree-Fock-Kohn-Sham calculation p. 391

T. Matsuse, T. Hama, H. Kaihatsu, N. Toyoda and T. Takizawa

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170136

Structural and electronic properties of gold nanowires p. 395

V. Rodrigues and D. Ugarte

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170137

Structure of metal nanowires in nanoporous alumina membranes studied by EXAFS and X-ray diffraction p. 399

R. E. Benfield, D. Grandjean, J. C. Dore, Z. Wu, M. Kröll, T. Sawitowski and G. Schmid

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170138

Controlled immobilization of peptide nanotube-templated metallic wires on Au surfaces p. 403

H. Matsui, B. Gologan, S. Pan and G. E. Douberly Jr

Published online: 15 September 2001

DOI: 10.1007/s100530170139

Preface p. 7

Uzi Landman and Constantine Yannoueas

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Volume 16 / No 1-3 (September 2001)

ISSPIC 10

Editorial p. 6

Electronic and Geometric Structures of Clusters

Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of Si4− to Si−1000 p. 9

Femtosecond ionization of magnesium clusters grown in ultracold helium droplets p. 13

Systematic study of small BN clusters p. 17

Metallic evolution of small magnesium clusters p. 21

Non-crystalline structures in the growth of silver nanoclusters p. 25

Assessing the validity of theoretical results p. 29

Structures and its evolution of Ban (n = 2 ~ 14) clusters p. 33

Theoretical study of small silicon clusters on a graphite layer p. 37

Molecular dynamics simulations of the freezing of gold nanoparticles p. 43

Connecting cluster dynamics and protein folding p. 47

Growth of tellurium clusters in presence of metal impurities p. 51

Relaxation dynamics in the presence of unequally spaced attractors along the reaction coordinate p. 55

Charging and Fragmentation of Clusters

Ionic recoil energies in the Coulomb explosion of metal clusters p. 59

Observation of multiply charged silver-cluster anions p. 65

Decay reactions of rare gas cluster ions: Kinetic energy release distributions and binding energies p. 69

Decay pathways of small gold clusters - The competition between monomer and dimer evaporation p. 73

Evidence for trimers evaporation in silver bromide clusters p. 77

Trianionic gold clusters p. 81

Cluster Collisions and Reactions

Collision-induced fragmentation and neutralization of methanol cluster cations p. 87

Doubly charged clusters - neutral atom charge transfer: the role of the Coulombic repulsion p. 91

Solvation and chemical reaction of sodium in water clusters p. 95

An inelastic threshold in electron - alkali cluster collisions p. 99

Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of high energy cluster impact on diamond surface p. 103

Intracluster electron transfer from a metal atom/cluster followed by anionic oligomerization of vinyl molecules p. 107

Electron capture in the ion-cluster collision: effect of the electronic interaction p. 111

Measuring the implantation depth of silver clusters in graphite p. 115

High energy collisions of protonated water clusters p. 119

Metastability of gold-carbonyl cluster complexes, AuN(CO)M− p. 123

Ultrafast Dynamics and Spectroscopy of Clusters

Control of wavepacket dynamics in mixed alkali metal clusters by optimally shaped fs pulses p. 127

Theoretical exploration of ultrafast spectroscopy of small clusters p. 133

Femtosecond surface plasmon resonance dynamics and electron-electron interactions in silver nanoparticles p. 139

Vibrational wave packet dynamics in the silver tetramer probed by NeNePo femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy p. 145

Theoretical investigation of the ultrafast NeNePo spectroscopy of Au4 and Ag4 Clusters p. 151

Fluorescence spectroscopy of silver clusters formed in rare gas droplets p. 157

Analysis and control of ultrafast photodissociation processes in organometallic molecules p. 161

Magnetic Properties of Clusters and Nanoparticles

Magnetization curves of DyN clusters p. 165

Temperature dependent properties of metallic clusters containing magnetic impurities p. 169

Magnetic studies on mass-selected iron particles p. 173

DFT studies of the molecular nanomagnet Fe8 and the V15 spin system - Electronic structure and magnetic ordering p. 177

Magnetic excitation of ferromagnetic dimer molecules p. 181

Non-collinear magnetic moments of seven-atom Cr, Mn and Fe clusters p. 185

Synchrotron radiation studies of mass-selected Fe nanoclusters deposited in situ p. 189

Spin diffusion on a linear spin polarised chain p. 193

Preparation and properties of Nanoparticles

Resonance and composition effects on the Raman scattering from silver-gold alloy clusters p. 197

Size and concentration effects in the optical properties of alloyed (Aux Ag1-x)n and core-shell (Nix Ag1-x)n embedded clusters p. 201

Structure of unsupported bismuth nanoparticles p. 205

Novel synthesis, structure and catalysis of inverted core/shell structured Pd/Pt bimetallic nanoclusters p. 209

Spectral hole burning in absorption profiles of metal nanoparticles prepared by laser assisted growth - Towards the systematic investigation of the size dependent decay time of surface plasmon excitation p. 213

Optical and electrical properties of hydrogenated yttrium nanoparticles p. 219

Pure and Sb-doped SnO2 nanoparticles studied by photoelectron spectroscopy p. 225

Stress state of silver nanoparticles embedded in a silicate glass matrix investigated by HREM and EXAFS spectroscopy p. 229

Unsupported lead clusters and electron diffraction p. 233

Polarization dependence of the permanent deformation of silver nanoparticles in glass by ultrashort laser pulses p. 237

Charge carrier dynamics in CdSe nanocrystals: implications for the use of quantum dots in novel photovoltaics p. 241

Formation and stability of large B6O clusters with icosahedral structure p. 245

The effect of oxidation on the structure of nickel nanoparticles p. 249

Efficiency of Pd impregnated sol-gel derived γ-alumina porous spheres as catalyst p. 253

Cluster-embedding method to simulate large cluster and surface problems p. 257

On the proximity relation between two surface-melted clusters involved in inter-cluster mass transfer p. 261

Clustered and Nanostructured Materials

Control of island morphology by dynamic coalescence of soft-landed clusters p. 265

Electronic properties of assembled islands of hydrogen-saturated silicon clusters on Si(111)-(7×7) surfaces studied by scanning tunneling spectroscopy p. 271

Material characterization of a nanocrystal based photovoltaic device p. 275

Photoluminescence properties of silica-based mesoporous materials similar to those of nanoscale silicon p. 279

Assembling of hydrogenated aluminum clusters p. 285

Nanostructures of gold coated iron core-shell nanoparticles and the nanobands assembled under magnetic field p. 289

Phase behavior of organic-inorganic crystal - Temperature-dependent diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy of silver stearate p. 293

Diffusion and aggregation of Agn-clusters (n = 2-9) on HOPG probed by fs-two-photon-photoemission p. 297

Nanostructuring of single crystal diamond by reactive and non-reactive accelerated cluster erosion p. 301

Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of Si₄⁻ to Si⁻₁₀₀₀ p. 9

Structures and its evolution of Ba_n (n = 2 ~ 14) clusters p. 33

Metastability of gold-carbonyl cluster complexes, Au_N(CO)_M⁻ p. 123

Theoretical investigation of the ultrafast NeNePo spectroscopy of Au₄ and Ag₄ Clusters p. 151

Magnetization curves of Dy_N clusters p. 165

DFT studies of the molecular nanomagnet Fe₈ and the V₁₅ spin system - Electronic structure and magnetic ordering p. 177

Size and concentration effects in the optical properties of alloyed (Au_x Ag_1-x)_n and core-shell (Ni_x Ag_1-x)_n embedded clusters p. 201

Pure and Sb-doped SnO₂ nanoparticles studied by photoelectron spectroscopy p. 225

Formation and stability of large B₆O clusters with icosahedral structure p. 245

Diffusion and aggregation of Ag_n-clusters (n = 2-9) on HOPG probed by fs-two-photon-photoemission p. 297

Preparation of Cu₂O nanoparticles dispersed in NH₂-terminated polyethyleneoxide matrix p. 313

SiC bonding in (C₆₀)_nSi_m clusters p. 337

The transition from direct to delayed ionisation of C₆₀ p. 345

C₇₈ IPR fullerenes: Computed B3LYP/6-31G*//HF/3-21G temperature-dependent relative concentrations p. 349

Study of oxygen-C₆₀ compound formation by NEXAFS and RIXS p. 357

Molecular beam deflection experiments on mixed clusters - Permanent dipole of transition metal-C₆₀ compounds p. 365