Infrared spectroscopy of gas-phase zirconium oxide clusters

Authors
von Helden, G Kirilyuk, A van Heijnsbergen, D Sartakov, B Duncan, MA Meijer, G
Citation
G. Von Helden et al., Infrared spectroscopy of gas-phase zirconium oxide clusters, CHEM PHYS, 262(1), 2000, pp. 31-39
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
CHEMICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
03010104 → ACNP
Volume
262
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
31 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0104(200012)262:1<31:ISOGZO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Gas-phase zirconium oxide clusters are resonantly excited using IR radiatio n from a free electron laser. At sufficiently large excitation fluences, cl usters with a composition ZrnO2n-1 are observed to thermally emit electrons . Scanning the IR wavelength while monitoring the ion yield gives IR spectr a of the clusters. For all clusters, resonances are observed between 600 an d 700 cm(-1) and the spectra are almost independent of cluster size. (C) 20 00 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.