Structure determination of gas phase aluminum oxide clusters

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van Heijnsbergen, D
Demyk, K
Duncan, MA
Meijer, G
von Helden, G
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[1] EURATOM, FOM, Inst Plasma Phys Rijnhuizen, NL-3439 MN Nieuwegein, Netherlands
[2] Univ Nijmegen, Dept Mol & Laser Phys, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
[3] Univ Georgia, Dept Chem, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[4] Max Planck Gesell, Fritz Haber Inst, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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10.1039/b212654k
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Neutral aluminum oxide clusters are produced in a molecular beam by laser vaporization in a pulsed-nozzle cluster source. These clusters are ionized via (multi-) photon absorption from either an ultraviolet excimer laser or from a far-infrared free electron laser. Ultraviolet (multi-) photon ionization produces sparse mass spectra with only relatively light aluminum oxide clusters, while infrared ionization produces a smooth distribution of higher molecular weight ions from the same nascent source distribution. Tuning the IR wavelength, multiphoton infrared spectra are recorded pointing to the gamma-Al2O3 structure for a whole series of AlO.(Al2O3)(n) clusters, n less than or equal to 34.
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