The structures of cationic gold clusters probed by far-infrared spectroscopy
Piero Ferrari, Gao‐Lei Hou, Olga V. Lushchikova, F. Calvo, Joost M. Bakker, Ewald Janssens
Abstract
Far-infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy is used in combination with density functional theory calculations to determine the structures of isolated Au<sub>n</sub><sup>+</sup> (<italic>n</italic> ≤ 9) clusters.
Topics & Concepts
SpectroscopyInfrared spectroscopyDissociation (chemistry)InfraredCationic polymerizationDensity functional theoryFar infraredChemistryTwo-dimensional infrared spectroscopyAtomic physicsMaterials scienceCrystallographyPhysical chemistryPhysicsComputational chemistryOpticsOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies