Gas condensation source for production and deposition of size-selected metal clusters

1 September 1997

journal article
conference paper
Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments

Vol. 68 (9) , 3327-3334
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1148292

Abstract

We describe the construction and performance of a gas condensation cluster source. The source was designed for deposition of mass-selected metal clusters with controlled landing energy. We have produced clusters of

{Pb}_{n}

(n=2–∼300)

and

{Ag}_{n}

(n=∼20–∼300)

with sufficient intensity to deposit size-selected clusters to a density of

10^{12} {clusters/cm}^{2}

in 10 min. The landing energy of the clusters can be controlled from

∼25

to 800 eV.

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