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Optical Properties of Metal Clusters deals with the electronic structure of metal clusters determined optically. Clusters - as state intermediate between molecules and the extended solid - are important in many areas, e.g. in air pollution, interstellar matter, clay minerals, photography, heterogeneous catalysis, quantum dots, and virus crystals. This book extends the approaches of optical molecular and solid-state methods to clusters, revealing how their optical properties evolve as a function of size. Cluster matter, i.e. extended systems of many clusters - the most frequently occuring form - is also treated. The combination of reviews of experimental techniques, lists of results and detailed descriptions of selected experiments will appeal to experts, newcomers and graduate students in this expanding field.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Theoretical Considerations.- 3. Experimental Methods.- 4. Experimental Results and Discussion.- A.1 Tables: Optical Spectroscopy Experiments with Metal Clusters.- A.2 Survey of Optical Spectra of Elemental Metal Clusters and Chain-Aggregates.- A.3 Mie Computer Program.- References.
About the author
Michael Vollmer, Physikstudium, Promotion (1986) und Habilitation (1991) in Heidelberg, Privatdozent in Kassel, seit April 1994 Professor für Experimentalphysik an der FH Brandenburg. Lehr-und Forschungsaufenthalte in Berkeley/USA, Bangkok/Thailand sowie New York /USA. Wissenschaftliche und populärwissenschaftliche Publikationen und Vorträge zu Physikalischer und Technischer Optik, insbesondere Phänomenen atmosphärischer Optik, optischer Spektroskopie, Thermographie und Didaktik der Physik; weitere Aktivitäten: Entwicklung von Freihand- und Demonstrationsexperimenten für Schule und Hochschule sowie Organisation von Weiterbildungen für Physiklehrer.
