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First, some general remarks concerning macroscopic “cluster matter” are given. In the second part, three recent, mainly optically and electron-microscopically performed investigations are discussed which deal with special properties of noble metal cluster systems forming the building units of this kind of matter:(1) dressed Au-55 clusters,(2) electromagnetic coupling effects among coagulated clusters,(3) the transition towards compact inhomogeneous matter caused by coalescence of clusters.
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Kreibig, U., Fauth, K., Quinten, M. et al. Many-cluster-systems: models of inhomogeneous matter. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 12, 505–514 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01427008
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