V. D. Borman, X. Ch. Lai, M. A. Pushkin, V. N. Tronin, V. I. Troyan, “The Coster-Kronig process used to study the transition of metal nanoclusters into a nonmetallic state”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2002, Volume 76, Issue 7,Pages <nobr>520

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The Coster-Kronig process used to study the transition of metal nanoclusters into a nonmetallic state

V. D. Borman^a, X. Ch. Lai^b, M. A. Pushkin^a, V. N. Tronin^a, V. I. Troyan^a

^a Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
^b China Academy of Engineering Physics

Abstract: The results of an experimental study of the Coster-Kronig process in copper nanoclusters obtained by a pulsed laser deposition technique are presented. It is established that the Köster-Krönig process probability depends on the cluster size and is determined by the possibility of a transition of the metal cluster into a state in which copper exhibits no metallic properties.

PACS: 33.60.-q, 71.30.+h, 73.22.-f

Received: 25.07.2002
Revised: 28.08.2002