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Suppression of Multiphoton Ionization of Aniline in Large Superfluid Helium Droplets
Maha Alghamdi1, Jie Zhang1, Stephen D Bradford1
1Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-4003.
Abstract:
We report suppression of multiphoton ionization (MPI) of aniline doped large superfluid helium droplets containing over 5 × 106 atoms. In contrast, surface-bound sodium atoms and dimers are readily desorbed and ionized. Adequacy of the experimental conditions is also confirmed from ejection of embedded aniline cations from smaller droplets containing multiple cations, and MPI of gaseous aniline. The photoelectrons have a mean-free-path of less than 1 nm and a thermalization distance of 10 nm. In a droplet with a diameter of over 70 nm, effective charge recombination within the droplet is expected.
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