TY - JOUR
T1 - Generation and electronic properties of lanthanide-cyclooctatetraene organometallic clusters in gas phase
AU - Kurikawa, T.
AU - Negishi, Y.
AU - Hayakawa, F.
AU - Nagao, S.
AU - Miyajima, K.
AU - Nakajima, A.
AU - Kaya, K.
PY - 1999/12
Y1 - 1999/12
N2 - Organometallic clusters of lanthanide (Ln = Nd, Er, Eu, and Yb) and 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene (C8H8) were produced by a combination of laser vaporization and molecular beam methods. In the mass spectra of [Lnn,(C8H8)m], compositions of m = n + 1 were magic numbers. From mass spectrometry, photo-ionization spectroscopy, and photoelectron spectroscopy, we have concluded that these magic-numbered clusters take multiple-decker sandwich structures in which Ln atoms and C8H8 molecules are alternatedly piled up. These sandwich clusters are formed through ionic bonds composed of multiply charged cations [Lnk+ (k = 2 and 3)] and multiply charged anions [C8Hh-8 (h = 1, 1.5, and 2)].
AB - Organometallic clusters of lanthanide (Ln = Nd, Er, Eu, and Yb) and 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene (C8H8) were produced by a combination of laser vaporization and molecular beam methods. In the mass spectra of [Lnn,(C8H8)m], compositions of m = n + 1 were magic numbers. From mass spectrometry, photo-ionization spectroscopy, and photoelectron spectroscopy, we have concluded that these magic-numbered clusters take multiple-decker sandwich structures in which Ln atoms and C8H8 molecules are alternatedly piled up. These sandwich clusters are formed through ionic bonds composed of multiply charged cations [Lnk+ (k = 2 and 3)] and multiply charged anions [C8Hh-8 (h = 1, 1.5, and 2)].
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U2 - 10.1007/PL00010926
DO - 10.1007/PL00010926
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033426905
VL - 9
SP - 283
EP - 287
JO - European Physical Journal D
JF - European Physical Journal D
SN - 1434-6060
IS - 1-4
ER -