Metal-Nonmetal Transition in Liquids

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Gennady N. Chuev, Pascal Quémerais, and Jason Crain (1) Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Science, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia (2)Institut Néel, CNRS, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France (3) School of Physics, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom (4) National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddin...

Core-hole screening as a probe for a metal-to-nonmetal transition in lead clusters.

Metal clusters serve as model systems to study basic problems of electronic correlation. Vacuum ultraviolet light from the free-electron laser FLASH ionizes 5d electrons from mass-separated negatively charged clusters, thus transiently leading to core-ionized neutral systems. Shielding of the core hole affects the electron binding energy. From the strong deviation from expectations of the metal...

Medium-range fluctuations accompanying the metal-nonmetal transition in expanded fluid hg.

We have carried out small angle x-ray scattering experiments of expanded fluid Hg in the metal-nonmetal (M-NM) transition region around 9.0 g cm(-3). Increase of small angle scattering intensity following the Ornstein-Zernike equation is clearly observed in the M-NM transition region as well as near the liquid-vapor critical point at 5.8 g cm(-3). The short-range correlation length, R, becomes ...

Correlation between screening and electron effective mass across the nonmetal-metal transition in ultrathin films.

Transition metal catalysed ammonia-borane dehydrogenation in ionic liquids.

Significant advantages result from combining the disparate hydrogen release pathways for ammonia-borane (AB) dehydrogenation using ionic liquids (ILs) and transition metal catalysts. With the RuCl(2)(PMe(3))(4) catalyst precursor, AB dehydrogenation selectivity and extent are maximized in an IL with a moderately coordinating ethylsulfate anion.