Optical and electron spin resonance studies of xenon-nitrogen-helium condensates containing nitrogen and oxygen atoms. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We present the first observations of excimer XeO* molecules in molecular nitrogen films surrounding xenon cores of nanoclusters. Multishell nanoclusters form upon the fast cooling of a helium jet containing small admixtures of nitrogen and xenon by cold helium vapor (T = 1.5 K). Such nanoclusters injected into superfluid helium aggregate into porous impurity-helium condensates. Passage of helium gas with admixtures through a radio frequency discharge allows the storage of high densities of radicals stabilized in impurity-helium condensates. Intense recombination of the radicals occurs during destruction of such condensates and generates excited species observable because of optical emission. Rich spectra of xenon-oxygen complexes have been detected upon destruction of xenon-nitrogen-helium condensates. A xenon environment quenches metastable N((2)D) atoms but has a much weaker effect on the luminescence of N((2)P) atoms. Electron spin resonance spectra of N((4)S) atoms trapped in xenon-nitrogen-helium condensates have been studied. High local concentrations of nitrogen atoms (up to 10(21) cm(-3)) stabilized in xenon-nitrogen nanoclusters have been revealed.

published proceedings

  • J Phys Chem A

altmetric score

  • 1.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Boltnev, R. E., Bykhalo, I. B., Krushinskaya, I. N., Pelmenev, A. A., Khmelenko, V. V., Mao, S., ... Lee, D. M.

citation count

  • 13

complete list of authors

  • Boltnev, Roman E||Bykhalo, Igor B||Krushinskaya, Irina N||Pelmenev, Alexander A||Khmelenko, Vladimir V||Mao, Shun||Meraki, Adil||Wilde, Scott C||McColgan, Patrick T||Lee, David M

publication date

  • March 2015