Size evolution of electronic properties in free antimony nanoclusters

Samuli Urpelainen; Maxim Tchaplyguine; M. -H. Mikkela; K. Kooser; T. Andersson; C. Zhang; E. Kukk; O. Bjorneholm; M. Huttula

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035411

Size evolution of electronic properties in free antimony nanoclusters

Samuli Urpelainen, Maxim Tchaplyguine, M. -H. Mikkela, K. Kooser, T. Andersson, C. Zhang, E. Kukk, O. Bjorneholm, M. Huttula

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The evolution of electronic properties in free antimony (Sb) nanoclusters as a function of the cluster size has been studied experimentally using synchrotron radiation. Antimony 4d core-level and valence-band regions have been probed, and the 4d binding energies and valence ionization potentials of clusters of various mean sizes have been determined. The binding-energy shifts with respect to polycrystalline solid have been used for deriving the electronic properties of the clusters. The observed results suggest that even large Sb clusters are not metallic.

Original language	English
Article number	035411
Journal	Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
Volume	87
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.035411
Publication status	Published - 2013

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