Carborane–stilbene dyads: the influence of substituents and cluster isomers on photoluminescence properties

A family of stilbene-containing meta- and ortho-carborane derivatives substitute at the second carbon cluster atom are synthesised and their photophysical properties evaluated.

Deposition energy dependence in cluster-assembled thin film densities

Mechanical properties of thin films grown by nanocluster deposition are highly dependent on the energy at which the clusters are deposited. Using molecular dynamics computer simulations we have quantitatively studied variations in the properties of copper thin films grown by deposition of Cu nanoclusters, at energies ranging from 5 meV to 10 eV per cluster atom, on a Cu (100) substrate.