InhaltsangabeI Introductory Comments.- Clusters: What are They?.- II Electronic Properties.- Atomic Bonding in Clusters.- Electronic Properties of Metal Clusters.- Optical and Dynamic Properties of Metal Clusters.- Techniques for the Electronic and Structural Investigation of Cu Clusters on Graphite.- III Structure.- Computer Simulation of Clusters.- The Electronic and Geometrical Structure of Small Elemental Clusters.- Molecular Clusters.- Electronic, Structural and Thermal Properties of Microclusters from the Car-Parrinello Method.- Quantum Chemical Investigation of Alkali Metal Clusters and its use for Interpretation and Predictions of Experiments in Cluster Research.- IV Fragmentation.- Fragmentation, Reaction and Photodetachment of Mass Separated Cluster Ions.- Dissociation of Photoionized Mass Selected Alkali Clusters.- Van der Waals Clusters: Metastable Decay, Coulomb Explosion, and Electron Attachment.- V Chemistry.- The Electronic Structure of Clusters.- Clusters: Ionization, Reactions and Properties.- Chemistry on Molecular Surfaces: Reactions of Gas Phase Clusters.- Compound Clusters.- Molecular Metal Clusters: Structures and Bonding.- Index of Contributors.

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