This book aims at providing graduate students and researchers with funda- mental knowledge indispensable for entering the new field of "microclus- 3 ters." Microclusters consisting of 10 to 10 atoms exhibit neither the pro- perties of the corresponding bulk nor those of the corresponding molecule of a few atoms. The microclusters may be considered to form a new phase of materials lying between macroscopic solids and microscopic particles such as atoms and molecules, showing both macroscopic and microscopic features. However, research into such"a riew phase has been left untouched until recent...
This book aims at providing graduate students and researchers with funda- mental knowledge indispensable for entering the new field of "microclus- 3 t...