Surface entropy of rare gas clusters

S. Prasalovich, K. Hansen, M. Kjellberg, Vladimir Popok, Eleanor E.B. Campbell

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Abstract

Abundances of Ar + and Xe + clusters produced in a supersonic expansion source are inverted to find relative dissociation energies. The values around the shell and subshell closings at N=55, 71, and 147 differ from theoretical values derived from ground-state energies of Lennard-Jones clusters. A significant part of the difference can be accounted for by the conformational entropies of surface
atoms and vacancies.
Original languageEnglish
Article number084317
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume123
Issue number8
Number of pages10
ISSN0021-9606
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2005
Externally publishedYes

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