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We investigated the initial adsorption process of size-selected Pt clusters on a thin Al2O3 film.
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Why is it important?
Soft-landing the size-selected Pt clusters while suppressing the thermal migration resulted in the transient migration controlling the initial adsorption states as an isolated and aggregated cluster, via STM. The cross section for aggregation is seven times larger than the expected value from geometrical considerations.
Perspectives
Metal clusters are highly mobile during a energy dissipation process on the oxide surface.
Ph.D. YOSHIHIDE WATANABE
Toyota Technological Institute
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This page is a summary of: Significant Transient Mobility of Platinum Clusters via a Hot Precursor State on the Alumina Surface, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, November 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS),
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02362.
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