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Laser photoionization experiments have been performed on a large size range of indium and thallium clusters. The metal clusters were produced by laser vaporization technique and analyzed after laser ionization by standard time-of-flight mass spectrometry. For the indium clusters, individual ionization potentials (IP) are deduced for N≤132. Abrupt decreases in the IP values are observed, which correspond to the openings of new electronic shell as predicted by the spherical jellium model. For larger indium clusters, the unresolved mass spectra present small but reproducible oscillations. Interpretations in terms of either electronic shell structure or cluster geometry remain undecided for the moment. Our results on thallium clusters are less abundant and only qualitative. Nevertheless, they show that thallium behaves more like a monovalent element than like a trivalent one.
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Pellarin, M., Baguenard, B., Bordas, C. et al. Shell effects in photoionization spectra of heavy trivalent metal clusters. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 26 (Suppl 1), 137–139 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01425643
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