Cluster assembled nanostructures: designing interface properties.
Overlayer structures can be formed on surfaces by the deposition of preformed clusters from the gas phase containing from only a few up to a few hundred atoms. By this method, nanostructures with novel chemical and physical properties can be stabilized. This article presents the results obtained using the simple molecular cluster Sb4 as the precursor for deposition and nanoparticle assembly on various surfaces, and under various conditions. A rich variety of phenomena is observed and discussed.
Institut für Chemie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Str. 2 12489 Berlin, Germany. bernhard.kaiser@chemie.hu-berlin.de
Bernhard
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Kaiser
Bert
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Stegemann