Mixed Cluster Ions of Magnesium and C₆₀.

ABSTRACT: Magnesium clusters exhibit a pronounced nonmetal-to-metal transition, and the neutral dimer is exceptionally weakly bound. In the present study, we formed pristine Mg_n^z+ (n = 1-100, z = 1-3) clusters and mixed (C₆₀)_mMg_n^z+ clusters (m = 1-7, z = 1, 2) upon electron irradiation of neutral helium nanodroplets doped with magnesium or a combination of C₆₀ and magnesium. The mass spectra obtained for pristine magnesium cluster ions exhibit anomalies, consistent with previous reports in the literature. The anomalies observed for C₆₀Mg_n⁺ strongly suggest that Mg atoms tend to wet the surface of the single fullerene posit

SUBMITTER: Reider AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860146 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature