Vibrationally resolved negative ion photoelectron spectroscopic studies of niobium clusters
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy provides a means of obtaining vibrational data for atoms and small molecules {open_quotes}chemisorbed{close_quotes} on size-selected metal clusters. In the present study, Nb{sub 3}O{sup -}, Nb{sub 4}O{sup -} and Nb{sub 4}CO{sup -} were prepared in a flowing afterglow ion-molecule reactor equipped with a metal cathode cluster source. The 488 nm photoelectron spectrum of the mass-selected Nb{sub 3}O{sup -} anions shows a vertical transition to the ground state of neutral Nb{sub 3}O, with weak progressions in the Nb{sub 3}-O stretching (710{+-}20 cm{sup -1} in Nb{sub 3}O) and Nb, bending (320{+-}15 cm{sup -1}-in both Nb{sub 3}O and Nb{sub 3}O{sup -}) vibrational modes. These results indicate that the Nb{sub 3}O{sup -} anion, like Nb{sub 3}O and Nb{sub 3}O{sup +}, has a planar Ca{sub 2v} structure with the O atom bridging two Nb atoms. The Nb{sub 4}O{sup -} spectrum shows resolved transitions to the ground state of Nb{sub 3}O and to an excited electronic state lying 3050{+-}20 cm{sup -1} higher in energy. In analogy with the Nb{sub 4}O results, the 670{+-}20 cm{sup -1} frequency observed for the Nb{sub 4}O ground state is assigned to a metal-oxygen stretching mode, and the 215{+-}15 cm{sup -1} and 195{+-}15 cm{sup -1} frequencies observed in the ground and excited states, respectively, to a bending mode of the metal cluster. The electron affinities of Nb{sub 3}O and Nb{sub 4}O are 1.402 and 1.178 ({+-}0.006) eV, respectively. Preliminary, ongoing studies of mass selected Nb{sub 4}CO{sup -} anions prepared under a variety of source conditions thus far suggest the presence of two isomers, one with a greatly weakened but intact CO bond as indicated by a very low CO stretching frequency of about 1300 cm{sup -1} and the other with the dissociated C and O atoms bound separately to the niobium cluster.
- OSTI ID:
- 437258
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606118-; TRN: 96:005696-0054
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 51. Ohio State University international symposium on molecular spectroscopy, Columbus, OH (United States), 10-14 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Ohio State University 51st international symposium on molecular spectroscopy; PB: 272 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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