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Analysis of Gas Phase Clusters Made from Laser-Vaporized Icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn

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Laser vaporization of an icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn sample with detection by time-of-flight mass spectrometry is used to probe metal clusters made from the alloy. After sample vaporization, clusters form by gas aggregation and may contain several to hundreds of atoms. Multi-photon ionization/fragmentation of these clusters yields mass spectra showing many cluster sizes with enhanced intensity. Clusters are identified at masses near those of pseudo- Mackay and Bergman clusters; however, these clusters do not appear special relative to neighboring clusters. Results of this study and its relationship to the proposed cluster structures in quasicrystalline materials are discussed.

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  1. Ames Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    J. A. Barrow, D. J. Sordelet, M. F. Besser, C. J. Jenks & P. A. Thiel

  2. Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA

    E. F. Rexer & S. J. Riley

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Barrow, J.A., Rexer, E.F., Sordelet, D.J. et al. Analysis of Gas Phase Clusters Made from Laser-Vaporized Icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn. MRS Online Proceedings Library 643, 54 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-643-K5.4

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