Ammonia chemisorption studies on silicon cluster ions

Autor:	J. M. Alford, R. T. Laaksonen, Richard E. Smalley
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Reaction rate Chemisorption Chemistry Analytical chemistry Cluster (physics) General Physics and Astronomy Molecule Ion trap Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance Ion cyclotron resonance Ion
Zdroj:	The Journal of Chemical Physics. 94:2618-2630
ISSN:	1089-7690 0021-9606
DOI:	10.1063/1.459838
Popis:	Silicon clusters in the size range from 5 to 66 atoms were generated by laser vaporization in a supersonic nozzle and injected into the ion trap of a specially‐designed Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance apparatus. On the positively charged clusters ammonia chemisorption reaction rates were found to vary by over three orders of magnitude as a function of cluster size, with clusters of 21, 25, 33, 39, and 45 atoms being particularly unreactive, and cluster 43 being the most reactive. For the negative cluster ions, 43 was the only cluster found to react substantially. Although the reaction behavior of many clusters clearly indicated that several structural isomers were present with different reaction rates, the strikingly low net reactivity of such clusters as 39 and 45 provides evidence that they have effectively crystallized into a single specially stable form.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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