title: Combined experimental and theoretical investigation of three-dimensional, nitrogen-doped, gallium cluster anions.
abstract: Anion photoelectron spectra of Ga(x)N(y)(-) cluster anions, in which x = 4-12, y = 1 and x = 7-12, y = 2, were measured. Ab initio studies were conducted on Ga(x)N(y)(-) cluster anions in which x = 4-7, y = 1 and Ga(7)N(2)(-), providing their structures and electronic properties. The photoelectron spectra were interpreted in terms of the computational results. This allowed for identification of the isomers present in the beam experiments for specific Ga(x)N(-) cluster anions (x = 4-7). The unexpected presence of Ga(x)N(2)(-) species is also reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
authors.forename: Haopeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yeon Jae
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Kit H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: Alina P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sergeeva
authors.forename: Boris B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Averkiev
authors.forename: Alexander I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Boldyrev