Argon Nanoclusters with Fivefold Symmetry in Supersonic Gas Jets and Superfluid Helium

In this study argon nanoclusters (800 to ∼ 6500  atoms) formed in supersonic gas jets are compared to the nanoclusters stabilized in superfluid helium. High-energy electron and X-ray diffraction methods are utilized. Both techniques allow investigation of isolated clusters. It is shown that the theo...

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Published in:Journal of low temperature physics 2017-04, Vol.187 (1-2), p.156-165
Main Authors: Danylchenko, O. G., Boltnev, R. E., Khmelenko, V. V., Kiryukhin, V., Konotop, O. P., Lee, D. M., Krainyukova, N. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Argon
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Clusters
Condensed Matter Physics
Fluids
Gas jets
Helium
High energy electrons
Icosahedrons
Liquid helium
Low temperature physics
Magnetic Materials
Magnetism
Nanoclusters
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Superfluidity
Symmetry
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Summary:In this study argon nanoclusters (800 to ∼ 6500  atoms) formed in supersonic gas jets are compared to the nanoclusters stabilized in superfluid helium. High-energy electron and X-ray diffraction methods are utilized. Both techniques allow investigation of isolated clusters. It is shown that the theoretical prediction of the so-called multiply twinned particles with fivefold symmetry, such as icosahedra (ico) and decahedra (dec) is valid in the investigated cluster size interval. Around the point of the expected ico-to-dec size-dependent transformation at a cluster size of ∼ 2000 atoms, hexagonal ico and the statistical distribution of structures with a tendency for dec to replace ico are observed. Kinetic reasons, as well as temperature-related effects, could be responsible for the latter observations.
ISSN:0022-2291
1573-7357
DOI:10.1007/s10909-016-1720-8