Eur. Phys. J. D 43, 5-6 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00084-x

The power of the small

The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA

Corresponding author: ^a berry@uchicago.edu

Received: 24 July 2006
Revised: 17 August 2006
Published online: 24 May 2007

Abstract

We review some of the ways clusters offer special kinds of insights both into properties of bulk matter and properties unique to small systems. We then survey some of the tantalizing open questions that lie ahead in cluster science.