https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00186-5
Photoemission spectra of deuterated silicon clusters: experiment and theory
1
Department of Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
2
Department of Physics, University of Konstanz,
78457 Konstanz, Germany
Corresponding author: a leeor.kronik@weizmann.ac.il
Received:
10
September
2002
Published online:
3
July
2003
We compare experimentally measured and ab initio computed
photoelectron spectra of negatively charged deuterated silicon clusters
(SimD
, 
, 
) produced in a
plasma environment. Based on this comparison, we discuss the kinetics and
thermodynamics of the cluster formation and the effect of deuterium on the
geometrical and electronic structure of the clusters.
PACS: 36.40.-c – Atomic and molecular clusters / 61.46.+w – Nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals / 73.22.-f – Electronic structure of nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2003
