0000000000297578
AUTHOR
K. Dasgupta
Time resolved photofragmentation of Au $_{n}^{+}$ and Ag $_{n}^{+}$ clusters (n = 9, 21)
Gold and silver cluster ions were produced by laser vaporization and stored in a Penning trap. After mass selection the cluster sizes of interest were illuminated by a laser pulse and electronically excited. Photoabsorption cross sections and fragmentation patterns were measured for photon energies of 2.3 eV to 5.2 eV. Unimolecular dissociation was observed time resolved on a microsecond to millisecond scale. Dissociation energies were deduced from the measured life times.
Chemisorption of hydrogen on charged vanadium clusters
Abstract The chemisorption of hydrogen on positively charged vanadium clusters, V n + ( n = 1–17), was studied by measuring reaction rates and saturation coverages. Vanadium clusters are produced by laser vaporization and are injected into a Penning trap. Rates of the reaction V n + +H 2 → V n + H 2 are measured by axial ejection of all ions out of the trap after variable storage times and subsequent time-of-flight detection. An odd-even effect of the reaction rate is observed with odd clusters being more reactive. Clusters with low reactivity are found to be highly stable, as reflected by the respective separation energies of atoms. The number of adsorbed hydrogen atoms, m , is determined …
Trapped metal cluster ions
An overview is given of experiments with stored metal cluster ions in a Penning trap system. The setup allows axial injection of clusters produced in an external source and a time-of-flight mass analysis of the reaction products after axial ejection. The system's options include the selection of stored ions, the manipulation of their orbits, addition of reactant and buffer gases and axial optical access for laser spectroscopic studies. As described by various examples, investigations have been made with respect to the development of trapping techniques and the characterization of metal clusters in terms of their physical and chemical properties.
Cluster isobars for high-precision mass spectrometry
Doublet mass measurements of the isobars28Si3 and12C7 are performed by use of a Penning trap mass spectrometer and the Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR). The carbon and silicon cluster ions are produced by laser ablation. Results of these preliminary measurements are presented.
Chemisorption of hydrogen on a V5+ cluster
Abstract The binding between V 5 + and hydrogen is studied by collision induced dissociation of the cluster-adsorbate V 5 + H 2 . Vanadium clusters are produced by laser vaporization and injected into an electromagnetic ion trap. After mass separation of V 5 + , the pulsed addition of hydrogen yields V 5 + H 2 . The desorption of hydrogen is studied by acceleration of V 5 + H 2 with variable rf voltages and collisions with argon atoms. From the threshold voltage necessary for dissociation a binding energy of H 2 on V 5 + of 2.4 ± 0.3 eV is estimated. This value is consistent with a dissociative chemisorption of hydrogen.