Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.108, No.15, 6135-6143, 1998
Structure and dynamics of intermediate benzene-argon clusters : (C6H6)Ar-n, n=13-40
Size-resolved benzene-argon clusters, (C6H6)Ar-n, n=13-40, were generated by supersonic expansion and studied by ultraviolet resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy through benzene's B-2u<--A(1g)6(0)(1) transition. The size-specific sequence of cluster spectra reveals six features that can be isolated, allowing for an independent analysis of each feature's evolution. In the n = 13-40 range, each cluster spectrum is well described by the sum of between two (n = 13) and five (n = 17-24,26-29) Gaussian features. Only two spectral features (D,E) span the 28-cluster sequence, while each of the other four features appears over a limited consecutive cluster size range (A:n = 14-39; B:n = 17-29; C:n = 14-24; F:n = 26-40). The evolution of the spectral shift, width, and relative amplitude is traced for each feature. The observations are rationalized through a model that has been previously developed for the discussion of benzene-argon cluster data. We report for the first time a "high shift" spectral feature, observed at a spectral shift of -80 cm(-1), which approaches the bulk shift more closely than anything previously reported.
Keywords:FREE JET EXPANSIONS;ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION;SUPERSONIC JETS;PHASE-CHANGES;SPECTROSCOPY;DIFFRACTION;TRANSITIONS;SPECTRA;LIQUID;ATOMS