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We report deposition experiments of large antimony and gold clusters on graphite surfaces. The experiments show that these large (N ~ 1000 atoms) clusters are able to move rapidly on the surface (D ~ 10−8 cm 2 s −1 at room temperature). Finally, we try to understand this rapid diffusion by molecular dynamics studies of cluster diffusion.
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Jensen, P., Deltour, P., Bardotti, L., Barrat, JL. (1997). Diffusion of Large Clusters on a Surface: Experiments and Simulations. In: Tringides, M.C. (eds) Surface Diffusion. NATO ASI Series, vol 360. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0262-7_35
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