Size evolution of electronic properties in free antimony nanoclusters
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Summary, in English
The evolution of electronic properties in free antimony (Sb) nanoclusters as a function of the cluster size has been studied experimentally using synchrotron radiation. Antimony 4d core-level and valence-band regions have been probed, and the 4d binding energies and valence ionization potentials of clusters of various mean sizes have been determined. The binding-energy shifts with respect to polycrystalline solid have been used for deriving the electronic properties of the clusters. The observed results suggest that even large Sb clusters are not metallic.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
Volym
87
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
American Physical Society
Ämne
- Physical Sciences
- Natural Sciences
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1098-0121