| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1073718 |
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| Author | Search for: Tang, Jian; Search for: Xu, Yunjie; Search for: McKellar, A1; Search for: Jager, Wolfgang |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Abstract | High-resolution infrared and microwave spectra of HeN-carbonyl sulfide (HeN-OCS) clusters with N ranging from 2 to 8 have been detected and unambiguously assigned. The spectra show the formation of a solvation layer beginning with an equatorial "donut" of five helium atoms around the OCS molecule. The cluster moment of inertia increases as a function of N and overshoots the liquid droplet limit for N > 5, implying that even atoms in the first solvation shell are decoupled from the OCS rotation in helium nanodroplets. To the extent that this is due to superfluidity, the results directly explore the microscopic evolution of a phenomenon that is formally macroscopic in nature. |
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| Publication date | 2002-09-20 |
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| NPARC number | 12329180 |
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| Record identifier | b32928e1-d92f-4747-b050-be617f102e56 |
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| Record created | 2009-09-10 |
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| Record modified | 2020-03-30 |
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