title: The influence of metal nanoparticle size distribution in photoelectron spectroscopy.
abstract: We present an innovative approach to characterize small metal nanoclusters embedded in an amorphous carbon matrix. A simple mathematical relation linking binding energy shifts to the mean nanoparticle (NP) dimensions allows determination of the distribution of NP sizes by fitting the Au 4f X-ray photoemission spectrum. The NP size distributions obtained using our method are compared with those obtained from X-ray diffraction spectra.
authors.affiliation: FBK, Sommarive Street 18, 38050 Povo-Trento, Italy. luminati@fbk.eu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Minati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Speranza
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calliari
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Micheli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baranov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fanchenko