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Large odd{endash}even effect in RbC{sup {minus}}{sub {ital n}} cluster size distributions

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.471800· OSTI ID:434611
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  1. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 (United States)
RbC{sub {ital n}} cluster anions have been produced by Rb sputtering of graphite. The intensity ratio of clusters with an even number of carbon atoms to those with an odd number of carbons is much larger for RbC{sup {minus}}{sub {ital n}} clusters than for C{sup {minus}}{sub {ital n}} clusters. {ital Ab} {ital initio} quantum mechanical calculations suggest that this arises from RbC{sub {ital n}} electron affinities that are close to zero or negative for odd {ital n}, rather than from an enhanced odd{endash}even alternation in the affinities. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
OSTI ID:
434611
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 104; ISSN JCPSA6; ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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