デカメチルフェロセン(Fe(Cp*)₂)の光解離反応とレーザー蒸発法を組み合わせることでV_nFe_m(Cp*)_kクラスターを生成した。Fe(Cp*)₂側の蒸発レーザーの波長が532nm、355nmの場合では(n,m,k)=(n,2n,2n+2)組成のクラスターが主生成物であったのに対し、248nm、193nmの場合では(n,n,2n+1)組成のクラスターが新たに生成した。

V_nFe_m(Cp*)_k clusters were produced by the laser vaporization method combining photodissociation of decamethylferrocene (Fe(Cp*)₂). Together with clusters having the compositions of (n,m,k)=(n,2n,2n+2),clusters having (n,n,2n+1) compositions were newly produced by the 248nm or 193nm laser vaporization of Fe(Cp*)₂,although only (n,2n,2n+2) clusters were produced by the 532nm or 355nm laser vaporization.