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CLUSTERS AND NANO-ASSEMBLIES
Physical and Biological Systems

Richmond, Virginia, USA, 10 - 13 November 2003


CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER
v
Atomic Clusters
CATALYSIS WITH SMALL FREE NOBLE METAL CLUSTERS
THORSTEN M. BERNHARDT, LIANA D. SOCACIU, JAN HAGEN, DENISIA POPOLAN, JÉRÔME LE ROUX, ULRICH HEIZ and LUDGER WÖSTE
1
ACTIVATED DIATOMIC SPECIES AS IMPORTANT REACTION INTERMEDIATES OF NANOCATALYSIS
YOUNG DOK KIM and GERD GANTEFÖR
11
RELATIVISTIC DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS FOR OPEN–SHELL SYSTEMS
S. VARGA, A. ROSÉN, J. ANTON and B. FRICKE
19
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND STABILITY OF THE As@Ni12@As20 AND As CAGES
TUNNA BARUAH, RAJENDRA R. ZOPE and MARK R. PEDERSON
25
STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF CDTE CLUSTERS
JEFFREY RUFINUS
39
SPIN EXCITATIONS INDUCED BY PROJECTILE IN FERROMAGNETIC CLUSTER
R.-J. TARENTO, P. JOYES, R. LAHRECHE and D.E. MEKKI
47
TIME-DEPENDENT CHARGE DYNAMICS IN C60 AND A PROPOSAL FOR NANOSTRUCTURE-BASED COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY
G. P. ZHANG, Thomas F. George and DANIEL A. JELSKI
55
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY OF IRON CLUSTER COALESCENCE AT SUB-MELTING POINT TEMPERATURES
FENG DING, KIM BOLTON and ARNE ROSÉN
59
USING IDEAL PES MODEL TO STUDY KINETICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEM
JUN LU and R. STEPHEN BERRY
65
THE Z=82 SHELL EFFECT NEAR THE PROTON DRIP-LINE
C. SAMANTA and S. ADHIKARI
73
Organic and Molecular Clusters
FUNDAMENTAL CLUSTER STUDIES OF MATERIALS AND ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
D. P. HYDUTSKY, D. E. BERGERON, T. E. DERMOTA, J. R. STAIRS, K. L. KNAPPENBERGER, JR., K. M. DAVIS, C. E. JONES, JR., M. A. SOBHY, N. J. BIANCO, S. J. PEPPERNICK and A. W. CASTLEMAN, JR.
81
EXCITED STATE CHARGE TRANSFER AND DISSOCIATION OF Mg+-CH3I COMPLEX
FUMINORI MISAIZU, ARI FURUYA, HIRONORI TSUNOYAMA and KOICHI OHNO
89
Catalysis
FABRICATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLATINUM NANOCLUSTERS TO SERVE AS HIGH TECHNOLOGY CATALYSTS – CATALYTS CAPABLE OF 100% REACTION SELECTIVITY
G. A. SOMORJAI, R. M. RIOUX and J. GRUNES
97
ELUCIDATING MECHANISTIC DETAILS OF CATALYTIC REACTIONS UTILIZING GAS PHASE CLUSTERS
M. L. KIMBLE, D. R. JUSTES, N. A. MOORE and A. W. CASTLEMAN, JR.
127
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF METAL ADSORPTION ON TiO2 (110) SURFACE
RAJ GANESH S. PALA, THANH N. TRUONG and FENG LIU
135
Quantum Dots/Rings
QUANTUM DOTS AND QUANTUM DOT LATTICES: CORRELATIONS IN SMALL QUANTAL SYSTEMS
M. BORGH, M. TOREBLAD, S. ÅBERG, S.M. REIMANN, M. KOSKINEN and M. MANNINEN
143
SINGLE JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS AS QUBITS
J. R. ANDERSON, A. J. BERKLEY, A .J. DRAGT, S. DUTTA, M. GÓRSKA, M. A. GUBRUD, P. R. JOHNSON, C. J. LOBB, R. C. RAMOS, F. W. STRAUCH, F. C. WELLSTOOD and H. XU
151
ON THE ABSENCE OF KONDO RESONANCE FOR Co DIMERS ON A Cu (111) SURFACE
J.-L. HELFER, F. A. REUSE and S. N. KHANNA
159
ENERGY SPECTRUM, PERSISTENT CURRENT AND ELECTRON LOCALIZATION IN QUANTUM RINGS
M. MANNINEN, P. KOSKINEN, M. KOSKINEN, P. SINGHA DEO, S.M. REIMANN and S. VIEFERS
169
Nano-Wires and Tubes
GADOLINIUM NANOWIRE GROWTH ON HIGH-INDEX SILICON SURFACES
E. MORRIS, J.W. DICKINSON, M.L. WILLIS and A.A. BASKI
175
THE EFFECT OF FUNCTIONALIZATION ON DOUBLE-WALLED NANOTUBE MATERIALS
S. J. V. FRANKLAND, G. M. ODEGARD and T. S. GATES
181
SPECTROSCOPY-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES
M. NAMKUNG, J. S. NAMKUNG, B. WINCHESKI, J. SEO and C. PARK
187
ASSEMBLY AND APPLICATION OF CARBON NANOTUBE FIBRILS WITH CONTROLLED AND VARIABLE LENGTHS BY DIELECTROPHORESIS
JIE TANG, GUANG YANG, JIAN ZHANG, HUAIZHI GENG, BAO GAO, LU-CHANG QIN, OTTO ZHOU and ORLIN D. VELEV
193
Magnetic Properties
THE MAGNETISM OF THE POLYMERIZED C60 MATERIALS
ANTONIS N. ANDRIOTIS and MADHU MENON
199
BUILDING HIGH PERFORMANCE MAGNETIC MATERIALS OUT OF GAS PHASE NANOCLUSTERS
C. BINNS, S. H. BAKER, S. LOUCH and S. C. THORNTON
205
MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS ON THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS OF CLUSTER MAGNETIC MOMENTS
KEYUR DESAI, S. D. MAHANTI and S. N. KHANNA
223
MAGNETIC AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF INTERACTING (MnxN) CLUSTERS
H. KHANG, S. D. MAHANTI, B. K. RAO and P. JENA
231
SPIN FLUCTUATIONS AND "SPIN NOISE"
SANDIPAN PRAMANIK and SUPRIYO BANDYOPADHYAY
239
Electrical and Optical Properties
GEOMETRY DRIVEN INTERFACIAL EFFECTS IN NANOSCOPIC AND MACROSCOPIC SEMICONDUCTOR METAL HYBRID STRUCTURES: EXTRAORDINARY MAGNETORESISTANCE AND EXTRAORDINARY PIEZOCONDUCTANCE
S. A. SOLIN
247
LIGHT TORQUED NANOMOTORS IN A STANDING WAVE
KEITH BONIN, ANDREW SHELTON, BAKHIT KOURMAN and THAD WALKER
257
COMPARISON OF THE MIE SCATTERING OF Co, Ni and Fe MAGNETIC SPHERES
R.-J. TARENTO, P. JOYES and K.-H. BENNEMANN
265
C 1s CORE PHOTOEMISSION OF C60 AND C59N
R.-J. TARENTO, P. JOYES, A. KORBA SABIHA and D.E. MEKKI
273
A TUNABLE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR LASER SYSTEM FOR SINGLE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETRY
RAMKUBER T. YADAV, JOSEPH L. BANYASZ, KENNETH H. SHAFER and MOHAMMAD R. HAJALIGOL
281
REVERSIBLE OPTICAL RECORDING ON A CdSe/ZnS NANOCRYSTAL THIN FILM
TAKAFUMI UEMATSU, JUNICHI KIMURA, SHINYA MAENOSONO and YUKIO YAMAGUCHI
295
Clusters on Support
OBSERVING AND STEERING THE FORMATION OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS ON SURFACES AT THE SINGLE-MOLECULE LEVEL
N. LIN, A. DMITRIEV, H. SPILLMANN, J. WECKESSER, M. ABEL, P. MESSINA, K. KERN and J. V. BARTH
301
THE INTERACTION OF A LITHIUM ATOM WITH A GRAPHITE SURFACE
B. E. F. CONSTANCE and B. K. RAO
307
CLUSTER STUDY OF THE DISSOCIATION OF H2 ON Cu AND Ni (100) AND (111) SURFACES
B. E. F. CONSTANCE, B. K. RAO and P. JENA
321
COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF CLUSTER IMPACT ENERGY ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF FILMS GROWN BY CLUSTER DEPOSITION
AVINASH M. DONGARE, DEREK D. HASS and LEONID V. ZHIGILEI
329
METAL-BENZENE COMPLEXES WITH INSERTED METAL ATOMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF GENERATING MAGNETIC NI-BENZENE CLUSTERS
ANIL K. KANDALAM, N. O. JONES, S. N. KHANNA and P. JENA
341
Nano-Growth on Strained Surfaces/Nano-Assemblies
INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURAL RELAXATION ON THE OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF Ge and Si NANOCRYSTALS
HANS-CHRISTIAN WEISSKER, JÜRGEN FURTHMÜLLER and FRIEDHELM BECHSTEDT
349
SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOWIRES USING POROUS ALUMINA TEMPLATES
C.-G. STEFANITA, S. PRAMANIK, A. BANERJEE and S. BANDYOPADHYAY
355
CERIA-ZIRCONIA-ALUMINA MIXED OXIDES PREPARED BY THE ORGANIC-FREE SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE
E. FROLOVA, M. IVANOVSKAYA, V. PETRANOVSKII, S. FUENTES and E. TYAVLOVSKAYA
363
LIGHT INDUCED METAL NANOPARTICLE FORMATION (M=Ag, Au, Cu, Pd, Pt) IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS AND POLYMER FILMS COMPOSED OF SPEEK-PVA
A. S. KORCHEV, M. SARTIN, G. MILLS, B. L. SLATEN and W. F. GALE
371
LAMB-MOESSBAUER FACTORS IN NANOCRYSTALS
KESHAV N. SHRIVASTAVA and PUNIT BOOLCHAND
379
INTRACLUSTER ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION INDUCED BY ELECTRON TRANSFER FROM ALKALI METAL ATOM TO UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON MOLECULES
HIRONORI TSUNOYAMA, KEIJIRO OHSHIMO, ARI FURUYA, WAKANA NAKAGAWARA, FUMINORI MISAIZU and KOICHI OHNO
387
Biology at Molecular Level
DYNAMICS OF GAS PHASE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES
ALLISON S. DANELL, RYAN M. DANELL and JOEL H. PARKS
393
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS ON TRAPPING AND DETECTION OF SINGLE AND FEW MOLECULES BY USING NANOPROBES
M. WILLANDER, Z. CHIRAGWANDI, E. MAMOMTOV, O. NUR, N. CALANDER, RALPH HÖLZEL and FRANK F. BIER
407
COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF THE SEVEN-HELIX TRANS-MEMBRANE HUMAN MELATONIN RECEPTOR MT1, ONE OF NATURE'S COMMON NANO-ASSEMBLIES
CHARLES M. CASTEVENS and DONALD D. SHILLADY
415
Biotechnology
ULTRAHIGH MAGNETIC MOMENTS OF CORE-SHELL NANOCLUSTERS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
YOU QIANG, JIJI ANTONY, CHANDRA S. KAKARAPARTHI and SWETA PENDYALA
423
BACK MATTER
429
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