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Studies of the Structures of Nitrogen-Neon Nanoclusters Immersed into Superfluid Helium-4

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We studied the electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra of nitrogen atoms stabilized in nitrogen-neon nanoclusters immersed in superfluid \(^4\)He. The nanoclusters were formed during the condensation of the products of the discharge in N\(_2\)–Ne–He gas mixtures into bulk superfluid \(^4\)He at temperature 1.5 K. We studied nanoclusters formed by injection of gas mixtures with different ratios of heavy impurities in the helium N\(_2\)/(Ne + N\(_2\)) ranging from 2% to 90%. Analysis of the ESR spectra of nitrogen atoms stabilized in nitrogen-neon nanoclusters provides important information about the environment of the stabilized atoms and a shell structure of the nanoclusters was revealed. For all samples studied, preferential stabilization of N atoms on the surfaces of the nanoclusters was observed. Annealing of the collection of the nanoclusters in the temperature range 1.1–10 K resulted in substantial changes in the structure of the nanoclusters.

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The authors greatly acknowledge the support by the National Science Foundation Grant No. DMR 2104756. CKW acknowledges the support of the HEEP fellowship.

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Wetzel, C.K., Lee, D.M. & Khmelenko, V.V. Studies of the Structures of Nitrogen-Neon Nanoclusters Immersed into Superfluid Helium-4. J Low Temp Phys (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-023-03026-5

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