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Gas phase ion energetics data

EA (eV)	Method	Reference	Comment
2.50 ± 0.10	LPES	Kawamata, Negishi, et al., 2001
2.850 ± 0.060	LPES	Li, Wu, et al., 1998
2.80 ± 0.10	LPES	Cha, Ganteför, et al., 1994	Stated electron affinity is the Vertical Detachment Energy
2.10 ± 0.10	IMRB	Hettich, 1989	EA between p-benzoquinone, NO2.
<2.42 ± 0.15	LPES	Gantefoer, Gause, et al., 1988	Vertical Detachment Energy: 3.00 eV
<2.40 ± 0.20	LPES	Gantef÷r, Meiwes-Broer, et al., 1988	EA given is Vertical Detachment Energy. Adiabatic EA est as up to 1 eV smaller
<2.47 ± 0.10	LPES	Taylor, Pettiette, et al., 1988	EA given is Vertical Detachment Energy. Adiabatic EA est as up to 1 eV smaller

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Kawamata, Negishi, et al., 2001
Kawamata, H.; Negishi, Y.; Nakajima, A.; Kaya, K., Electronic properties of substituted aluminum clusters by boron and carbon atoms (AlnBm-/AlnCm-); new insights into s-p hybridization and perturbed shell structures, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2001, 337, 4-6, 255-262, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00198-1 . [all data]

Li, Wu, et al., 1998
Li, X.; Wu, H.; Wang, X.; Wang, L., s-p Hybridization and Electron Shell Structures in Aluminum Clusters: A photoelectron Spectroscopy Study, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1998, 81, 9, 1909, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1909 . [all data]

Cha, Ganteför, et al., 1994
Cha, C.-Y.; Ganteför, G.; Eberhardt, W., The Development of the 3p and 4p Valence Band of Small Aluminum and Gallium Clusters, J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 100, 2, 995, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.466582 . [all data]

Hettich, 1989
Hettich, R., Structural Investigations of Aluminum Cluster Ions, Aln- (n=3-50), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 23, 8582, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00205a004 . [all data]

Gantefoer, Gause, et al., 1988
Gantefoer, G.; Gause, G.; Meiwes-Broer, K.H.; Lutz, H.O., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Jet-cooled Aluminium Cluster Anions, Z. Phys. D, 1988, 9, 3, 253, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01438297 . [all data]

Gantef÷r, Meiwes-Broer, et al., 1988
Gantef÷r, G.; Meiwes-Broer, K.H.; Lutz, H.O., Photodetachment Spectroscopy of Cold Aluminum Cluster Anions, Phys. Rev. A, 1988, 37, 7, 2716, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.37.2716 . [all data]

Taylor, Pettiette, et al., 1988
Taylor, K.J.; Pettiette, C.L.; Craycraft, M.J.; Chesnovsky, O.; Smalley, R.E., Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Negative Aluminum Clusters, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1988, 152, 4-5, 347, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(88)80104-0 . [all data]

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Symbols used in this document:

EA Electron affinity
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