Electron diffraction of trapped cluster ions
Abstract
A deeper understanding of the physics and chemistry of clusters has been constrained by the inability to observe experimentally the structure and structural variations for size selected clusters. We report here measurements of trapped ion electron diffraction, a technique that presents the possibility to directly observe the evolution of cluster structure with size and temperature. The results of electron diffraction from C+60 ions stored in a radio-frequency Paul trap are reported.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- May 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.R3162
- Bibcode:
- 1999PhRvA..59.3162M
- Keywords:
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- 36.40.Wa;
- 36.40.Mr;
- 61.14.-x;
- 61.48.+c;
- Charged clusters;
- Spectroscopy and geometrical structure of clusters;
- Electron diffraction and scattering;
- Fullerenes and fullerene-related materials