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Experimental results on the gas-phase formation of neutral and cationic phosphorus clusters are presented. The clusters were synthesized by visible (532 nm) or UV (193 nm) laser ablation of crystalline red phosphorus under high vacuum conditions and were analyzed using TOF mass spectrometry. Neutral Pn clusters produced by 532-nm ablation are found to be even-numbered while P +n cations are mainly odd-numbered, with P +7 and P +21 being the most abundant ions. For UV laser ablation, stable compound clusters, neutral P7H3 and P23H5, and cations P23H +6 were synthesized for the first time. The formation of Pn clusters by thermal vaporization of red phosphorus into a cold He gas was also investigated and only small clusters (n<6) were found. Possible structures of the observed phosphorus clusters, as well as their formation mechanisms under different conditions, are discussed.
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From Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 44, No. 4, 2002, pp. 594–598.
Original English Text Copyright © 2002 by Bulgakov, Bobrenok, Kosyakov, Ozerov, Marine, Hedén, Rohmund, Campbell.
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Bulgakov, A.V., Bobrenok, O.F., Kosyakov, V.I. et al. Phosphorus clusters: Synthesis in the gas-phase and possible cagelike and chain structures. Phys. Solid State 44, 617–622 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1470540
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