We present the first measurement of a one-photon extreme-ultraviolet photoelectron spectrum (PES) of molecules embedded in superfluid helium nanodroplets. The PES of coronene is compared to gas phase and the solid phase PES, and to electron spectra of embedded coronene generated by charge transfer and Penning ionization through ionized or excited helium. The resemblence of the He-droplet PES to the one of the solid phase indicates that mostly Cor clusters are photoionized. In contrast, the He-droplet Penning-ionization electron spectrum is nearly structureless, indicating strong perturbation of the ionization process by the He droplet. These results pave the way to extreme ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) of clusters and molecular complexes embedded in helium nanodroplets.
Multiple photoelectron inelastic scattering in large He nanodroplets
Aarhus University(奥胡斯大学);University of Kassel(卡塞尔大学);Mahindra University Hyderabad(海德拉巴马欣德拉大学);Sorbonne Université(索邦大学);Indian Institute of Technology Madras(马德拉斯印度理工学院);Synchrotron SOLEIL(SOLEIL同步辐射中心)
The adsorption of helium atoms on coronene cations
我们报告的第一个实验研究的附件的多个外来原子的阳离子多环芳烃(PAH)。选择的PAH是晕苯,C $_{24}$ H $_{12}$,将其加入到液氦纳米液滴中,然后进行电子轰击。使用质谱法,可以清楚地看到用氦原子修饰的晕苯阳离子,并且光谱显示具有非常高强度的峰(“幻数”峰),其代表具有增加的稳定性的离子-氦复合物。这些数据表明形成了一个由38个氦原子组成的刚性氦层,完全覆盖了晕苯离子的两面。可以看到额外的幻数,因为进一步增加了3个和6个氦原子,它们被认为附着在晕苯的边缘。38和44个氦原子的幻数观测结果与最近的路径积分蒙特卡罗预言的中性晕苯上氦原子的幻数符合得很好。了解原子和分子如何附着在PAH离子上是很重要的,原因有很多,包括这种复合物在星际介质化学中可能发挥的潜在作用。
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of Ar and Kr clusters formed in He nanodroplets
University of Kassel(卡塞尔大学);Aarhus University(奥胡斯大学);Mahindra University Hyderabad(海德拉巴马欣德拉大学);Sorbonne Université(索邦大学);Indian Institute of Technology Madras(金奈印度理工学院);Synchrotron SOLEIL(SOLEIL同步辐射中心);Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel(卡塞尔大学跨学科纳米结构科学与技术中心)