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

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2001-01-01
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Barrow, J.
Rexer, E.
Sordelet, D.
Besser, Matthew
Jenks, Cynthia
Riley, S.
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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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This article is from Quasicrystals: Proceedings of the MRS 2000 Fall Meeting 643 (2001): pp. K5.4.1—K5.4.5, doi:10.1557/PROC-643-K5.4

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