Abstract
Passivated metal (e.g. gold) nanoclusters consist of a metal particle core surrounded by a ligand coat. We have investigated films of gold particles passivated with alkanethiol (C 8H 17S) ligands deposited from solution onto a graphite surface using high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS). Vibrational modes of the CH x groups of the ligands are observed, together with their overtones. Incident energy dependent measurements show an enhancement in intensity of these vibrational modes at a specific energy, ∼10 eV, consistent with a negative ion resonance state. This observation is compared with previous studies of self-assembled monolayers of thiols on the Au (111) surface.
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