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Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Coronene Molecules Embedded in Helium Nanodroplets

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We present the first measurement of a one-photon extreme-ultraviolet photoelectron spectrum (PES) of molecules embedded in superfluid helium nanodroplets. The PES of coronene is compared to the gas and solid-phase PESs, and to electron spectra of embedded coronene generated by charge transfer and Penning ionization through ionized or excited helium. The resemblance of the He-droplet PES to the one of the solid phase indicates that mostly coronene clusters are photoionized. In contrast, the He-droplet Penning-ionization electron spectrum is nearly structureless, indicating strong perturbation of the ionization process by the He droplet. These results pave the way to extreme ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) of clusters and molecular complexes embedded in helium nanodroplets.

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Acknowledgements

M.M. and L.B.L. acknowledge financial support by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation, projects MU 2347/10-1 and BE 6788/1-1) and by the Carlsberg Foundation. SRK thanks DST and MHRD, Govt of India, through the IMPRINT programmes, and the Max Planck Society. M.M. and S.R.K. gratefully acknowledge funding from the SPARC Programme, MHRD, India. We thank Monica de Simone and Marcello Coreno for their private communications. The research leading to this result has been supported by the project CALIPSOplus under grant agreement 730872 from the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000, Århus, Denmark

    L. Ben Ltaief, M. Shcherbinin & M. Mudrich

  2. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, 411008, India

    S. Mandal

  3. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, 600 036, India

    S. R. Krishnan & M. Mudrich

  4. Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, 34149, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

    R. Richter

  5. Istituto Struttura della Materia-CNR (ISM-CNR), 00133, Roma, Italy

    S. Turchini & N. Zema

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Ltaief, L.B., Shcherbinin, M., Mandal, S. et al. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Coronene Molecules Embedded in Helium Nanodroplets. J Low Temp Phys 202, 444–455 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-020-02553-9

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