| Literature DB >> 12443409 |
Owen C Thomas1, Weijun Zheng, Shoujun Xu, Kit H Bowen, Moshe Shiloh.
Abstract
We have measured the photoelectron spectra of mass-selected magnesium cluster anions, Mg- n, over the size range, n=3-35. Their s-p band gaps were observed to close at n=18, signaling the onset of metallic behavior. Electronic shell structure was implicated by gap "reopenings" and mass spectral magic numbers. Complementary calculations are presented in the companion paper [P. H. Acioli and J. Jellinek, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 213402 (2002)]].Entities:
Year: 2002 PMID: 12443409 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.213403
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161