cluster research
group, university of hawaii at manoa, honolulu
Facilities
Substrate preparation
- Cleavage of single crystals
- Preparation of atomically
flat metal films
Sample preparation
- Quenching of extremely hot vapor on cold single-crystal substrate
- Vapor deposition with magnetron sputter source
- Nucleation and growth of
clusters on supports
- Self-Assembly of cluster
films
- Laser ablation deposition (Nd-YAG
laser)
- Reactive electrode submerged
arc (RESA) technique
- Flow Flow-field fractionator
(Flow-FFF)
Sample analysis
- Scanning tunneling microscopy
(STM)
- Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS)
- Scanning tunneling optical microscopy
(STOM)
- Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
- Ultraviolet photoluminescence (UV-PL)
- Low-energy electron diffraction
(LEED)
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
(XPS)
- Flow Flow-field fractionator
(Flow-FFF)
- Time-of-flight mass
spectrometer with reflectron (TOF-MS)
Data analysis
- Computers (PC, mainframe) and peripherals
- Various image processing software
- Molecular modeling software
- Cluster calculation software
(ab initio and semiempirical)
- Dedicated link to the Maui
High Performance Computer Center (MHPCC)