ELECTRONIC SHELLS AND SHELLS OF ATOMS IN METALLIC CLUSTERS
ELECTRONIC SHELLS AND SHELLS OF ATOMS IN METALLIC CLUSTERS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01448248
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发表时间:
1991-01-01
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通讯作者:
LANGE, T
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作者:
MARTIN, TP;BERGMANN, T;LANGE, T
Intensity anomalies (magic numbers) have been observed in the mass spectra of sodium clusters containing up to 22 000 atoms. For small clusters (Na(n), n less-than-or-equal-to 1500) the anomalies appear to be due to the filling of electronic shells (groups of subshells having the same energy). The shells can be characterized rather well by a pseudoquantum-number, indicating the possible existence of a symmetry higher than spherical. The mass spectra of larger clusters (1500 less-than-or-equal-to n less-than-or-equal-to 22 000) are well explained by the completion of icosahedral or cuboctahedral shells of atoms. The fact that the two types of shells (electron and atom) occur in distinct and non-overlapping size intervals might indicate the existence of a "liquid" to "solid" transition in going from small to large clusters.