Correspondence between Electron Binding Energy and Chemisorption Reactivity of Iron Clusters. Whetten, R. L., Cox, D. M., Trevor, D. J., & Kaldor, A. Physical Review Letters, 54(14):1494, 1985.
Correspondence between Electron Binding Energy and Chemisorption Reactivity of Iron Clusters [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
New experiments in a fast-flow reactor have uncovered a strong correlation between the reactivity of free iron clusters and cluster ionization thresholds: Clusters with low thresholds efficiently add molecular hydrogen, and the relative rates of this reaction closely follow variations in cluster-electron binding energy. This correspondence can be understood in terms of a requirement for metal-to-hydrogen charge transfer in the activation of the H2 bond.
@article{whetten_correspondence_1985,
	title = {Correspondence between {Electron} {Binding} {Energy} and {Chemisorption} {Reactivity} of {Iron} {Clusters}},
	volume = {54},
	url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1494},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1494},
	abstract = {New experiments in a fast-flow reactor have uncovered a strong correlation between the reactivity of free iron clusters and cluster ionization thresholds: Clusters with low thresholds efficiently add molecular hydrogen, and the relative rates of this reaction closely follow variations in cluster-electron binding energy. This correspondence can be understood in terms of a requirement for metal-to-hydrogen charge transfer in the activation of the H2 bond.},
	number = {14},
	urldate = {2010-06-09},
	journal = {Physical Review Letters},
	author = {Whetten, R. L. and Cox, D. M. and Trevor, D. J. and Kaldor, A.},
	year = {1985},
	pages = {1494},
}

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