ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
We present and discuss the design and operation of a compact ultrahigh vacuum compatible apparatus for the production and deposition of supersonic cluster beams. The apparatus is equipped with a pulsed microplasma cluster source capable of providing supersonic beams of high stability and intensity. The cluster mass distribution can be analyzed by a two-stage time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The transportability and versatility of the apparatus make the system well suited to perform in situ studies on both gas phase clusters and cluster assembled materials using different characterization facilities. The performances of the system have been tested by scanning tunneling microscopy and photoemission spectroscopy experiments on cluster-assembled carbon films. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1470226
