MALDI TOF and theoretical investigation of silver clusters obtained by gamma irradiation

Amato

et al. 2014

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Generation of Au_pAg_qTe_r clusters via laser ablation synthesis using Au‐Ag‐Te nano‐composite as precursor: quadrupole ion‐trap time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry

Amato

et al. 2014

“…TOFMS does not give direct structural information and thus it is difficult to evaluate the structures of silver telluride clusters from the mass spectra alone. As the structures of silver and tellurium clusters have already been reported, we are proposing herein structures of some of the most simple Ag m Te n clusters (Fig. ).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Figure 6. Structures of selected silver and tellurium clusters as computed in the literature [29,30] (left) and the structures of some Ag m Te n clusters (right) as computed in this work (Avogadro: An open source molecular builder and visualization tool). [31]…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Generation of new Ag_mTe_n clusters via laser ablation synthesis using Ag‐Te nano‐composite as precursor. Quadrupole ion trap time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry

Amato

et al. 2014

“…The grains might be just silver clusters Ag m (m = 2-39), where m is mostly even, which is in agreement with the literature. [26] Formation of a silver-rich glass phase when introducing silver into silver trisulfide glass has also been observed. [27] Another possibility (Hypothesis II) is that the clusters, for example Ag 16 AsS 9 , can be described as (Ag 2 S) 8 AsS.…”

Section: Problems Of Stoichiometry Distinguishabilitymentioning

confidence: 92%

“…These silver-rich clusters, e.g. Ag 26 AsS 15 , Ag 32 AsS 18 , etc., do not correspond to the original gross composition of AgAsS 2 (1:1:2). We therefore carried out a TEM analysis of the AgAsS 2 glass.…”

Section: Problems Of Stoichiometry Distinguishabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Structural elucidation of AgAsS₂ glass by the analysis of clusters formed during laser desorption ionisation applying quadrupole ion trap time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry

Zhang

et al. 2016

TOFMS was shown to be a useful technique to study the generation of Ag(m)As(n)S(x )clusters. SEM, TEM and EDX analysis proved that the structure of AgA(s)S2 glass is ‘grain-like’ where grains are either: (1) Silver-rich ‘islands’ (Ag(m,) m up to 39) connected by arsenic and/or sulfur or arsenic sulfide chains or (2) silver sulfide (Ag2S)m (m = 9-20) clusters also similarly inter-connected. This obtained structural information may be useful for the development of ultra-high-density phase-change storage and memory devices using this kind of glass as a base.