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Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

The European Physical Journal D

Volume 43 / No 1-3 (July I 2007)

ISSPIC'13 -- 13th International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Cluster

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Preface p. 1

Klavs Hansen and Eleanor Campbell

Published online: 15 July 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00126-5

Structure and Thermodynamics of Free Clusters

The power of the small p. 5

R. S. Berry

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00084-x

Influence of electronic excitations on the thermodynamics of small carbon clusters: the example of C₃⁺ p. 7

L. Montagnon and F. Spiegelman

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00056-2

Thermal instability of decahedral structures in platinum nanoparticles p. 11

D. Schebarchov and S. C. Hendy

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00057-1

Global structure optimization study on Au_2-20 p. 15

Y. Dong and M. Springborg

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00059-y

Structural and energetic properties of sodium clusters p. 19

V. Tevekeliyska, Y. Dong, M. Springborg and V. G. Grigoryan

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00060-6

Photodissociation spectroscopy of the chromium trimer ion p. 23

T. Majima, K. Tono, A. Terasaki, Y. Kawazoe and T. Kondow

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00061-5

Model predictions and experimental characterization of Co-Pt alloy clusters p. 27

P. Moskovkin, S. Pisov, M. Hou, C. Raufast, F. Tournus, L. Favre and V. Dupuis

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00066-0

Cohesive properties of mercury clusters in the ground and excited states p. 33

H. Kitamura

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00069-9

Coordination and solvation of noble metal ions: Infrared spectroscopy of Ag⁺(H₂O)_n p. 37

T. Iino, K. Ohashi, K. Inoue, K. Judai, N. Nishi and H. Sekiya

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00070-4

Photoinduced dissociation reactions of silver fluoride cluster ions p. 41

N. Hori, A. Furuya, M. Tsuruta, F. Misaizu and K. Ohno

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00071-3

The energetics of large Lennard-Jones clusters: transition to the hexagonal close-packed structure p. 45

N. V. Krainyukova

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00076-x

Homogeneous and heterogeneous clustering in the accretion regime p. 49

P. Feiden, J. Leygnier, Ph. Cahuzac and C. Bréchignac

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00082-0

Theoretical study of structure and segregation in 38-atom Ag-Au nanoalloys p. 53

B. C. Curley, G. Rossi, R. Ferrando and R. L. Johnston

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00091-y

Geometric magic numbers of sodium clusters: Interpretation of the melting behaviour p. 57

E. G. Noya, J. P.K. Doye, D. J. Wales and A. Aguado

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00092-x

Theoretical study of molecular hydrogen clusters - Growth models and magic numbers p. 61

J. I. Martínez, M. Isla and J. A. Alonso

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00095-7

Electron detachment of super-excited porphyrin anions in an electrostatic ion storage ring p. 65

M. Goto, Y. Yasuda, S. Jinno, T. Takao, K. Hanada, H. Tanuma, T. Azuma, K.-I. Sugiura, H. Shiromaru and Y. Achiba

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00097-5

EICO measurements of inner-core excited mixed rare-gas clusters - Direct observation of charge transfer p. 69

K. Nagaya, H. Murakami, H. Iwayama, Y. Ohmasa and M. Yao

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00099-3

Electron-ion-coincidence spectra for deep inner-shell excited rare-gas clusters p. 73

H. Murakami, H. Iwayama, K. Nagaya, Y. Ohmasa and M. Yao

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00100-3

Isotope effects in the metastable decay of Ne₂⁺ p. 77

K. Głuch, J. Fedor, R. Parajuli, O. Echt, S. Matt-Leubner, P. Scheier and T. D. Märk

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00105-x

Interaction of Pd cluster anions (Pd_n^-, n < 11) with oxygen p. 81

F. von Gynz-Rekowski, G. Ganteför and Y. D. Kim

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00107-8

Threshold laws in delayed emission: an experimental approach p. 85

B. Climen, F. Pagliarulo, A. Ollagnier, B. Baguenard, B. Concina, M. A. Lebeault, F. Lépine and C. Bordas

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00116-7

The colours of nanometric gold - Optical response functions of selected gold-cluster thiolates p. 91

R. B. Wyrwas, M. M. Alvarez, J. T. Khoury, R. C. Price, T. G. Schaaff and R. L. Whetten

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00117-6

On the melting phase transition of aluminum clusters around 55 atoms p. 97

W. Zhang, F. S. Zhang and Z. Y. Zhu

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00122-9

Energy distributions of clusters cooled by thermal radiation p. 101

J. Stenfalk and K. Hansen

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00123-8

Helium Clusters and Spectroscopy

Solvation of K⁺ in helium droplets p. 105

E. Yurtsever, E. Yildirim, M. Yurtsever, E. Bodo and F. A. Gianturco

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00068-x

Changing the fragmentation pattern of molecules in helium nanodroplets by co-embedding with water p. 109

Y. Ren, R. Moro and V. V. Kresin

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00075-y

Dynamics of atom scattering from ⁴He nanoclusters p. 113

E. Krotscheck and R. E. Zillich

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00079-7

Electron impact ionization of thymine clusters embedded in superfluid helium droplets p. 117

F. Zappa, S. Denifl, I. Mähr, J. Lecointre, F. Rondino, Olof Echt, T. D. Märk and P. Scheier

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00093-9

A quantum chemical approach towards the electronically excited states of helium clusters p. 121

K. von Haeften and K. Fink

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00102-1

Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Nanowires

Frontier orbitals analysis and density-functional energetics for metal-substituted fullerene C₅₈Fe₂ p. 125

C. Tang, K. Deng, W. Tan, Y. Yuan, Y. Liu, J. Yang and X. Wang

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00054-4

Structure and magnetism in carbon nanotubes including magnetic wire p. 129

H. Shiroishi, T. Oda, H. Sakashita and N. Fujima

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00055-3

Formation of higher-order fullerene dianions in collisions with Na atoms p. 133

P. Hvelplund, B. Liu, S. Brøndsted Nielsen and S. Tomita

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00072-2

Optimized 3D structures and energy bands of peanut-shaped C₆₀ polymers p. 137

K. Ohno, Y. Noguchi, S. Ueda and J. Onoe

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00080-2

In situ high-resolution valence photoelectron spectra of a peanut-shaped C₆₀ polymer p. 141

J. Onoe, T. Ito, S. Kimura and K. Ohno

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00081-1

Formation of single-wall carbon nanotubes in Ar and nitrogen gas atmosphere by using laser furnace technique p. 143

S. Suzuki, N. Asai, H. Kataura and Y. Achiba

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00083-y

Structure and electronic properties of a heterojunction between a single wall carbon nanotube and a TiC cluster p. 147

N. Fujima, R. Tamura and T. Oda

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00089-5

Clusters and Surfaces

Chemically induced morphology change in cluster-based nanostructures p. 151

A. Lando, N. Kébaïli, Ph. Cahuzac, C. Colliex, M. Couillard, A. Masson, M. Schmidt and C. Bréchignac

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00063-3

Fabrication and characterization of a granular film consisting of size-selected silver nanoparticles: application to a SERS substrate p. 155

S. Kawabata, N. Ishikawa, M. Mitsui and A. Nakajima

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00064-2

Interface formation by low energy deposition of core-shell Ag-Co nanoclusters on Ag(100) p. 159

T. Van Hoof, A. Dzhurakhalov and M. Hou

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00067-y

MD simulations of the cluster beam deposition of porous Ge p. 165

A. Harjunmaa, J. Tarus, K. Nordlund and J. Keinonen

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00073-1

Noble gas and metal clusters in carbon nanopores: from models to applications p. 169

N. V. Krainyukova and V. G. Belan

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00077-9

A new real-space algorithm for realistic density functional calculations p. 173

E. Krotscheck, E. R. Hernández, S. Janecek, M. S. Kaczmarski and R. Wahl

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00078-8

In situ TEM observation of synergistic electronic-excitation-effects of phase stability in III-V binary compound nanoparticles p. 177

H. Yasuda, A. Tanaka, H. Usui, H. Mori and J. G. Lee

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00094-8

Argon cluster impacts on layered silicon, silica, and graphite surfaces p. 181

J. Samela, K. Nordlund, J. Keinonen, V. N. Popok and E. E.B. Campbell

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00104-y

Initial growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes on supported iron clusters: a molecular dynamics study p. 185

H. Duan, F. Ding, A. Rosén, A. Harutyunyan, T. Tokune, S. Curtarolo and K. Bolton

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00109-6

Cluster Reactivity and Nano-catalysis

Catalyst poisoning in the conversion of CO and N₂O to CO₂ and N₂ on Pt₄^- in the gas phase p. 189

C.-K. Siu, S. J. Reitmeier, I. Balteanu, V. E. Bondybey and M. K. Beyer

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00062-4

Photosensitization of oxygen molecules by surface-modified hydrophilic porous Si p. 193

M. Fujii, N. Nishimura, H. Fumon, S. Hayashi, K. Akamatsu, T. Tsuruoka, M. Shimada, H. Katayama, D. Kovalev and B. Goller

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00096-6

Ru nanoparticles stabilized by organosilane fragments: Influence of the initial Si/Ru ratio and thermal stability p. 197

K. Pelzer, J. P. Candy, G. Bergeret and J. M. Basset

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00111-0

Dynamical aspects and the role of IVR for the reactivity of noble metal clusters towards molecular oxygen p. 201

R. Mitrić, U. Werner, C. Bürgel and V. Bonačić-Koutecký

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00113-x

Reactivity of anionic gold oxide clusters towards CO: experiment and theory p. 205

M. L. Kimble, N. A. Moore, A. W. Castleman Jr, C. Bürgel, R. Mitrić and V. Bonačić-Koutecký

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00119-4

Differences in catalytic properties between mesoporous and nanoparticulate platinum p. 209

A. Saramat, M. Andersson, S. Hant, P. Thormählen, M. Skoglundh, G. S. Attard and A. E.C. Palmqvist

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00124-7

Electronic Structure and Quantum Effects in Low Dimensional Systems

Electronic properties of Ge–Si nanoparticles p. 213

A. Md. Asaduzzaman and M. Springborg

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00058-0

Relative stability of Si_n and Si_nSc^- clusters in the range n = 14–18 p. 217

M. B. Torres and L. C. Balbás

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00086-8

Rings, towers, cages of ZnO p. 221

A. C. Reber, S. N. Khanna, J. S. Hunjan and M. R. Beltran

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00087-7

Magnetism in artificial lattices p. 225

K. Kärkkäinen, M. Borgh, M. Manninen and S. M. Reimann

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00098-4

Optical and photoelectron spectroscopic studies of alkyl-passivated silicon nanoparticles p. 229

A. Tanaka, R. Saito, T. Kamikake, M. Imamura and H. Yasuda

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00103-0

Electronic structure of dendrimer-encapsulated Au nanocluster p. 233

M. Imamura, T. Miyashita, A. Tanaka, H. Yasuda, Y. Negishi and T. Tsukuda

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00106-9

C 1s core photoemission of C₆₀ and C₄₈N₁₂ p. 237

R.-J. Tarento, P. Joyes, S. Benlamari, R. Lahreche and D. E. Mekki

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00110-1

Multiply negatively charged aluminium clusters - Production of Al_n^2- in a Penning trap p. 241

N. Walsh, F. Martinez, G. Marx and L. Schweikhard

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00114-9

Embedding atom-jellium model for metal surface p. 247

L.-L. Wang and H.-P. Cheng

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00115-8

Spectroscopy and Dynamics with Short Laser Pulses

Ultrafast spin dynamics of an individual CoPt₃ ferromagnetic dot p. 251

A. Laraoui, V. Halté, M. Vomir, J. Vénuat, M. Albrecht, E. Beaurepaire and J.-Y. Bigot

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00120-y

Molecular fusion within fullerene clusters induced by femtosecond laser excitation p. 255

M. Hedén, M. Kjellberg, A. V. Bulgakov, K. Hansen and E. E.B. Campbell

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00121-x

The effect of volumetric weighting in the interaction of intense laser fields with clusters p. 261

T. Döppner, J. P. Müller, A. Przystawik, J. Tiggesbäumker and K.-H. Meiwes-Broer

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00125-6

Magnetism

Electronic properties of arrayed K clusters in zeolite LTA with Si/Al = 1.5 p. 267

T. Kodaira, S. Inoue and Y. Murakami

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00065-1

Optical Properties

Optical extinction spectroscopy of single silver nanoparticles p. 271

P. Billaud, J.-R. Huntzinger, E. Cottancin, J. Lermé, M. Pellarin, L. Arnaud, M. Broyer, N. Del Fatti and F. Vallée

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00112-y

Optical absorption of isolated silver cluster-tryptophan: A joint experimental and theoretical study p. 275

T. Tabarin, R. Antoine, I. Compagnon, M. Broyer, P. Dugourd, R. Mitrić, J. Petersen and V. Bonačić-Koutecký

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00118-5

Nano-crystals and Self-assembly

Electrochemical fabrication of arrayed alumina nanowires showing strong blue emission p. 279

M. R. Kim, J. Y. Kim and D.-J. Jang

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00074-0

Anisotropic growth of indium antimonide nanostructures p. 283

J. F. Zhou, Z. Chen, L. B. He, C. H. Xu, L. Yang, M. Han and G. H. Wang

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00085-9

Photo-induced evolution of copper sheets from cluster molecules and its application to photolithographic copper patterning p. 287

N. Nishi, J. Nishijo, K. Judai, C. Okabe and O. Oishi

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00088-6

Formation of argentic clusters and small Ag nanoparticles in soda-lime silicate glass p. 291

M. Dubiel, R. Schneider, H. Hofmeister, K.-D. Schicke and J. C. Pivin

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00090-0

Structure and electrical conduction of WO₃ nanorods epitaxially grown on mica p. 295

M. Gillet, R. Delamare and E. Gillet

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00101-2

Anisotropically DNA-functionalized nanoparticle dimers p. 299

B. Högberg and H. Olin

Published online: 24 May 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00108-7

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The European Physical Journal D

Volume 43 / No 1-3 (July I 2007)

ISSPIC'13 -- 13th International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Cluster

Preface p. 1

Structure and Thermodynamics of Free Clusters

The power of the small p. 5

Influence of electronic excitations on the thermodynamics of small carbon clusters: the example of C3+ p. 7

Thermal instability of decahedral structures in platinum nanoparticles p. 11

Global structure optimization study on Au2-20 p. 15

Structural and energetic properties of sodium clusters p. 19

Photodissociation spectroscopy of the chromium trimer ion p. 23

Model predictions and experimental characterization of Co-Pt alloy clusters p. 27

Cohesive properties of mercury clusters in the ground and excited states p. 33

Coordination and solvation of noble metal ions: Infrared spectroscopy of Ag+(H2O)n p. 37

Photoinduced dissociation reactions of silver fluoride cluster ions p. 41

The energetics of large Lennard-Jones clusters: transition to the hexagonal close-packed structure p. 45

Homogeneous and heterogeneous clustering in the accretion regime p. 49

Theoretical study of structure and segregation in 38-atom Ag-Au nanoalloys p. 53

Geometric magic numbers of sodium clusters: Interpretation of the melting behaviour p. 57

Theoretical study of molecular hydrogen clusters - Growth models and magic numbers p. 61

Electron detachment of super-excited porphyrin anions in an electrostatic ion storage ring p. 65

EICO measurements of inner-core excited mixed rare-gas clusters - Direct observation of charge transfer p. 69

Electron-ion-coincidence spectra for deep inner-shell excited rare-gas clusters p. 73

Isotope effects in the metastable decay of Ne2+ p. 77

Interaction of Pd cluster anions (Pdn-, n < 11) with oxygen p. 81

Threshold laws in delayed emission: an experimental approach p. 85

The colours of nanometric gold - Optical response functions of selected gold-cluster thiolates p. 91

On the melting phase transition of aluminum clusters around 55 atoms p. 97

Energy distributions of clusters cooled by thermal radiation p. 101

Helium Clusters and Spectroscopy

Solvation of K+ in helium droplets p. 105

Changing the fragmentation pattern of molecules in helium nanodroplets by co-embedding with water p. 109

Dynamics of atom scattering from 4He nanoclusters p. 113

Electron impact ionization of thymine clusters embedded in superfluid helium droplets p. 117

A quantum chemical approach towards the electronically excited states of helium clusters p. 121

Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Nanowires

Frontier orbitals analysis and density-functional energetics for metal-substituted fullerene C58Fe2 p. 125

Structure and magnetism in carbon nanotubes including magnetic wire p. 129

Formation of higher-order fullerene dianions in collisions with Na atoms p. 133

Optimized 3D structures and energy bands of peanut-shaped C60 polymers p. 137

In situ high-resolution valence photoelectron spectra of a peanut-shaped C60 polymer p. 141

Formation of single-wall carbon nanotubes in Ar and nitrogen gas atmosphere by using laser furnace technique p. 143

Structure and electronic properties of a heterojunction between a single wall carbon nanotube and a TiC cluster p. 147

Clusters and Surfaces

Chemically induced morphology change in cluster-based nanostructures p. 151

Fabrication and characterization of a granular film consisting of size-selected silver nanoparticles: application to a SERS substrate p. 155

Interface formation by low energy deposition of core-shell Ag-Co nanoclusters on Ag(100) p. 159

MD simulations of the cluster beam deposition of porous Ge p. 165

Noble gas and metal clusters in carbon nanopores: from models to applications p. 169

A new real-space algorithm for realistic density functional calculations p. 173

In situ TEM observation of synergistic electronic-excitation-effects of phase stability in III-V binary compound nanoparticles p. 177

Argon cluster impacts on layered silicon, silica, and graphite surfaces p. 181

Initial growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes on supported iron clusters: a molecular dynamics study p. 185

Cluster Reactivity and Nano-catalysis

Catalyst poisoning in the conversion of CO and N2O to CO2 and N2 on Pt4- in the gas phase p. 189

Photosensitization of oxygen molecules by surface-modified hydrophilic porous Si p. 193

Ru nanoparticles stabilized by organosilane fragments: Influence of the initial Si/Ru ratio and thermal stability p. 197

Dynamical aspects and the role of IVR for the reactivity of noble metal clusters towards molecular oxygen p. 201

Reactivity of anionic gold oxide clusters towards CO: experiment and theory p. 205

Differences in catalytic properties between mesoporous and nanoparticulate platinum p. 209

Electronic Structure and Quantum Effects in Low Dimensional Systems

Electronic properties of Ge–Si nanoparticles p. 213

Relative stability of Sin and SinSc- clusters in the range n = 14–18 p. 217

Rings, towers, cages of ZnO p. 221

Magnetism in artificial lattices p. 225

Optical and photoelectron spectroscopic studies of alkyl-passivated silicon nanoparticles p. 229

Electronic structure of dendrimer-encapsulated Au nanocluster p. 233

C 1s core photoemission of C60 and C48N12 p. 237

Multiply negatively charged aluminium clusters - Production of Aln2- in a Penning trap p. 241

Embedding atom-jellium model for metal surface p. 247

Spectroscopy and Dynamics with Short Laser Pulses

Ultrafast spin dynamics of an individual CoPt3 ferromagnetic dot p. 251

Molecular fusion within fullerene clusters induced by femtosecond laser excitation p. 255

The effect of volumetric weighting in the interaction of intense laser fields with clusters p. 261

Magnetism

Electronic properties of arrayed K clusters in zeolite LTA with Si/Al = 1.5 p. 267

Optical Properties

Optical extinction spectroscopy of single silver nanoparticles p. 271

Optical absorption of isolated silver cluster-tryptophan: A joint experimental and theoretical study p. 275

Influence of electronic excitations on the thermodynamics of small carbon clusters: the example of C₃⁺ p. 7

Global structure optimization study on Au_2-20 p. 15

Coordination and solvation of noble metal ions: Infrared spectroscopy of Ag⁺(H₂O)_n p. 37

Isotope effects in the metastable decay of Ne₂⁺ p. 77

Interaction of Pd cluster anions (Pd_n^-, n < 11) with oxygen p. 81

Solvation of K⁺ in helium droplets p. 105

Dynamics of atom scattering from ⁴He nanoclusters p. 113

Frontier orbitals analysis and density-functional energetics for metal-substituted fullerene C₅₈Fe₂ p. 125

Optimized 3D structures and energy bands of peanut-shaped C₆₀ polymers p. 137

In situ high-resolution valence photoelectron spectra of a peanut-shaped C₆₀ polymer p. 141

Catalyst poisoning in the conversion of CO and N₂O to CO₂ and N₂ on Pt₄^- in the gas phase p. 189

Relative stability of Si_n and Si_nSc^- clusters in the range n = 14–18 p. 217

C 1s core photoemission of C₆₀ and C₄₈N₁₂ p. 237

Multiply negatively charged aluminium clusters - Production of Al_n^2- in a Penning trap p. 241

Ultrafast spin dynamics of an individual CoPt₃ ferromagnetic dot p. 251

Structure and electrical conduction of WO₃ nanorods epitaxially grown on mica p. 295