CONTROL OF WATER CLUSTER GROWTH BY Ne INSERTION IN He NANODROPLETS
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2001
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Ohio State University
Abstract
We have shown that the growth of the $(H_{2}O)_{n}$ clusters in He nanodroplets proceeds via the sequential addition of water molecules to the preformed $(H_{2}O)_{n-1}$ rings, follwed by ring insertion. However, if we add a small number of Ne atoms to the He nanodroplet before commencing the water cluster growth process, a polar water complex is formed, presumably because the Ne stifles this ring insertion mechanism. The spectroscopy and corresponding ab initio calculations of this polar complex will be discussed.
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Author Institution: University of North Carolina; Dept. of Chemistry, University of North Carolina; Dept. of Chemistry, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory