Superfluid helium droplets: a uniquely cold nanomatrix for molecules and molecular complexes

JP Toennies, AF Vilesov - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, recent experiments on the spectroscopy and chemical reactions of molecules and
complexes embedded in helium droplets are reviewed. In the droplets, a high spectroscopic …

Spectroscopy and dynamics in helium nanodroplets

F Stienkemeier, KK Lehmann - Journal of Physics B: Atomic …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
This article provides a review of recent work in the field of helium nanodroplet spectroscopy
with an emphasis on the dynamical aspects of the interactions between molecules in helium …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of nanophysics: nanoparticles and quantum dots

KD Sattler - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
In the 1990s, nanoparticles and quantum dots began to be used in optical, electronic, and
biological applications. Now they are being studied for use in solid-state quantum …

Helium nanodroplets: An overview

M Barranco, R Guardiola, S Hernández… - Journal of low …, 2006 - Springer
We review the physics of helium nanodroplets with emphasis on theoretical aspects that
have been the subject of recent research, like 3 He and mixed 3 He− 4 He droplets, vortices …

Infrared spectroscopy in superfluid helium droplets

D Verma, RMP Tanyag, SMO O'Connell… - … in Physics: X, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
For more than two decades, encapsulation in superfluid helium nanodroplets has served as
a reliable technique for probing the structure and dynamics of molecules and clusters at a …

Structure, superfluidity, and quantum melting of hydrogen clusters

F Mezzacapo, M Boninsegni - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2007 - APS
We present results of a theoretical study of para-H 2 (pH 2) and ortho-D 2 (oD 2) clusters at
low temperature (0.5 K⩽ T⩽ 3.5 K) based on path integral Monte Carlo simulations. Clusters …

Quasiparticle approach to molecules interacting with quantum solvents

M Lemeshko - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Understanding the behavior of molecules interacting with superfluid helium represents a
formidable challenge and, in general, requires approaches relying on large-scale numerical …

Interplay between theory and experiment in investigations of molecules embedded in superfluid helium nanodroplets

K Szalewicz - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Helium is the only substance that has been observed on macroscopic scale to form the
fourth state of matter, the superfluid state. However, until recently superfluid helium had not …

Spectroscopic exploration of atomic scale superfluidity in doped helium nanoclusters

ARW McKellar, Y Xu, W Jäger - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We present high resolution spectra of He N-OCS clusters with N up to 39 in the microwave
and 72 in the infrared regions, observed with apparatus-limited line widths of about 15 kHz …

Spectroscopic Studies of Quantum Solvation in Clusters

Y Xu, W Jäger, J Tang, ARW McKellar - Physical review letters, 2003 - APS
High resolution microwave and infrared spectra of H e NN 2 O clusters were studied in the
range<? format?> N= 3 to 12. The apparent cluster moments of inertia increase from N= 3 to …