Noble-gas nanoclusters with fivefold symmetry stabilized in superfluid helium. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Macroscopic samples (volume approximately cm(3), atomic density approximately 10(19) -10(20) cm(-3)) of noble-gas nanoclusters (size approximately 5-6 nm) were produced in superfluid helium by an impurity-helium gas injection technique. X-ray diffraction measurements show that the samples consist of weakly interacting nanoclusters with fivefold symmetry, such as icosahedra and decahedra. These results open new opportunities for fundamental research of nanoclusters of noble gases and other materials in well-controlled environments using experimental techniques requiring bulk samples.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Kiryukhin, V., Bernard, E. P., Khmelenko, V. V., Boltnev, R. E., Krainyukova, N. V., & Lee, D. M.

citation count

  • 45

complete list of authors

  • Kiryukhin, V||Bernard, EP||Khmelenko, VV||Boltnev, RE||Krainyukova, NV||Lee, DM

publication date

  • May 2007