title: Magic bimetallic cluster anions of M/Pb (M = Au, Ag and Cu) observed and analyzed by laser ablation and time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
abstract: By using laser ablation on mixtures of coinage metals M (Cu, Ag, Au) and lead, M/Pb binary cluster anions containing up to tens of atoms were produced and analyzed. Most of the magic clusters discovered can be described based on the electron shell models which were deduced from simple homogeneous metal cluster systems. The clustering activities of coinage metals and lead were also compared with the properties of their bulk binary alloys.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Center of Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaopeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Zhixin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Hongtao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zichao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang