An experimental setup for nondestructive deposition of size-selected clusters

An experimental setup for the deposition of mass-selected clusters using a laser vaporization source and a magnetic field mass selector is presented. Nondestructive deposition and a coverage of 1% of a monolayer within 5 h are achieved for mass-selected metallofullerene clusters as demonstrated for deposited Ce@C-60 on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.