Cold physics and chemistry: Collisions, ionization and reactions inside helium nanodroplets close to zero K

A Mauracher, O Echt, AM Ellis, S Yang, DK Bohme… - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the applications of helium nanodroplets
in the study of ensembles of atoms and molecules, ie clusters and complexes. These …

Solvation of ions in helium

T González-Lezana, O Echt, M Gatchell… - … Reviews in Physical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We review the solvation of atomic, molecular or cluster ions in HNDs. After briefly discussing
the properties of snowballs in bulk helium we consider experimental conditions for the …

Observing the primary steps of ion solvation in helium droplets

SH Albrechtsen, CA Schouder, A Viñas Muñoz… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Solvation is a ubiquitous phenomenon in the natural sciences. At the macroscopic level, it is
well understood through thermodynamics and chemical reaction kinetics,. At the atomic …

Observation of Multiple Ordered Solvation Shells in Doped Helium Droplets: The Case of HeNCa2+

E Zunzunegui-Bru, E Gruber, T Lázaro… - The journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this Letter, we report the experimental detection of likely the largest ordered structure of
helium atoms surrounding a monatomic impurity observed to date using a recently …

Gas-phase ion chemistry of the noble gases: Recent advances and future perspectives

F Grandinetti - European Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This review article surveys recent experimental and theoretical advances in the gas-phase
ion chemistry of the noble gases. Covered issues include the interaction of the noble gases …

Lithium ions solvated in helium

M Rastogi, C Leidlmair, LA der Lan… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on a combined experimental and theoretical study of Li+ ions solvated by up to 50
He atoms. The experiments show clear enhanced abundances associated with HenLi+ …

Solvation of Na+, K+, and Their Dimers in Helium

L An der Lan, P Bartl, C Leidlmair… - … A European Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Helium atoms bind strongly to alkali cations which, when embedded in liquid helium, form so‐
called snowballs. Calculations suggest that helium atoms in the first solvation layer of these …

High-dimensional neural network potentials for solvation: The case of protonated water clusters in helium

C Schran, F Uhl, J Behler, D Marx - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The design of accurate helium-solute interaction potentials for the simulation of chemically
complex molecules solvated in superfluid helium has long been a cumbersome task due to …

[HTML][HTML] Converged quantum simulations of reactive solutes in superfluid helium: The Bochum perspective

F Brieuc, C Schran, F Uhl, H Forbert… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Superfluid helium has not only fascinated scientists for centuries but is also the ideal matrix
for the investigation of chemical systems under ultra-cold conditions in helium nanodroplet …

Rotation of CH3+ Cations in Helium Droplets

S Erukala, D Verma, A Vilesov - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Observation of the free rotation of molecules in helium droplets enabled microscopic study of
interaction of quantum rotors with a superfluid environment at T= 0.4 K. This work extends …