Large Clusters of Atoms and Molecules: NATO Science Series E:, cartea 313

I. Shells and Supershells.- Semiclassical Methods for the Description of Large Metal Clusters.- Effects of the Surface and Finite Temperature on the Electronic Structure of Metal Clusters.- Electronic Shells and Supershells in Gallium and Aluminum Clusters.- Electronic Shells in Large Quantum Dots.- Electron Shell Structure and Cluster Abundances.- Shell-Correction Methods for Clusters: Theory and Applications.- Thermodynamics and Decay of Liquid Alkali Clusters.- II. Structure and Dynamics.- Convergence of Cluster Properties Towards Bulk Behavior: How Large is Large?.- Theoretical Predictions of Structure and Thermodynamics in the Large Cluster Regime.- Phases and Phase Changes of Clusters.- Topographies and Dynamics of Many-Dimensional Potential Surfaces.- Photofragmentation of Hot Clusters: Evaporation, Fission, and Photofragmentation Spectroscopy.- Structure and Properties of Metal Clusters and Colloids in Ligand Shells.- Dynamics of Cluster Reactions and Ionization: From Semiconductor to Hydrogen-Bonded/van der Waals Systems.- III. Carbon Clusters.- The Growth and the Death of Carbon Fullerenes and Nanotubes.- Lessons of a Discovery: Fullerenes and Other Clusters in Chemistry.- Carbon Nanotubes and Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films.- IV. Experimental and Theoretical Techniques.- Impacting Clusters.- Manipulation of Atoms and Clusters by STM.- Optical Properties of Free and Embedded Metal Clusters: Recent Results.- Large Scale Simulations using Tight Binding Molecular Dynamics.- Characterization of a Source of Large Clusters.