SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF NANOMETER-SIZED METAL-CLUSTERS

Authors
DUBOIS JGA GERRITSEN JW SCHMID G VANKEMPEN H
Citation
Jga. Dubois et al., SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF NANOMETER-SIZED METAL-CLUSTERS, Physica. B, Condensed matter, 218(1-4), 1996, pp. 262-264
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physica. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
09214526
Volume
218
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
262 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(1996)218:1-4<262:SASSON>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We describe scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy results on the ligand stabilized metal cluster Pt(309)Phen(36)O-30 at 4.2 K. In these measurements we observed very clear charging effects. In additio n to the regular Coulomb staircase, sometimes an irregular staircase p attern has been observed. This irregular staircase pattern is consiste nt with a discrete density of stales of the cluster. However, also the unknown influence of the ligands has to be considered.