Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Atomically resolved phase transition of fullerene cations solvated in helium droplets

  • M. Kuhn,
  • M. Renzler,
  • J. Postler,
  • S. Ralser,
  • S. Spieler,
  • M. Simpson,
  • H Linnartz,
  • A. G. G. M. Tielens,
  • J. Cami,
  • A. Mauracher,
  • Y. Wang,
  • M. Alcamí,
  • F. Martín,
  • M. K. Beyer,
  • R. Wester,
  • A. Lindinger,
  • P. Scheier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13550
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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'Atkins snowballs', solid layers of helium around an ion core in bulk superfluid He, have been investigated for simple ions but many properties remain unknown. Here, the authors show via photofragmentation experiments that a phase transition occurs in C60-doped He droplets depending on the number of He atoms.