1. Communication: Barium ions and helium nanodroplets: Solvation and desolvation.
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Zhang, Xiaohang and Drabbels, Marcel
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NANOSTRUCTURED materials , *BARIUM ions , *HELIUM , *SOLVATION , *EXCITATION spectrum , *SURFACES (Technology) , *MASS spectrometry - Abstract
The solvation of Ba+ ions created by the photoionization of barium atoms located on the surface of helium nanodroplets has been investigated. The excitation spectra corresponding to the 6p 2P1/2 ← 6s 2S1/2 and 6p 2P3/2 ← 6s 2S1/2 transitions of Ba+ are found to be identical to those recorded in bulk He II [H. J. Reyher, H. Bauer, C. Huber, R. Mayer, A. Schafer, and A. Winnacker, Phys. Lett. A 115, 238 (1986)], indicating that the ions formed at the surface of the helium droplets become fully solvated by the helium. Time-of-flight mass spectra suggest that following the excitation of the solvated Ba+ ions, these are being ejected from the helium droplets either as bare Ba+ ions or as small Ba+Hen (n < 20) complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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