Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy of tetracene with large Ar, Ne, and H2 clusters in superfluid He nanodroplets |
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Authors: | Kuma Susumu Nakahara Hiroko Tsubouchi Masaaki Takahashi Akira Mustafa Majd Sim Goeun Momose Takamasa Vilesov Andrey F |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. |
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Abstract: | Clusters of tetracene molecules with different numbers of attached (Ar)(N), (Ne)(N) and (H(2))(N) particles (N = 1-2000) are assembled inside superfluid He nanodroplets and studied via laser-induced fluorescence. The frequency shift of the fluorescence spectrum of the tetracene molecules is studied as a function of cluster size and pickup order of tetracene and cluster species. For (Ar)(N) and (Ne)(N) clusters, our results indicate that the tetracene molecules reside inside the clusters when tetracene is captured by the He nanodroplet before the cluster species; conversely, the tetracene molecules stay on the surface of the clusters when tetracene is captured after the cluster species. In the case of (H(2))(N) clusters, however, tetracene molecules reside inside the (H(2))(N) clusters irrespective of the pickup order. We conclude that (Ar)(N) and (Ne)(N) clusters are rigid at T = 0.38 K, while (H(2))(N) clusters of up to N = 2000 remain fluxional at the same temperature. The results may also indicate the occurrence of heterogeneous nucleation of the (H(2))(N) clusters, which is induced by the interaction with tetracene chromophore molecules. |
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