Cold physics and chemistry: Collisions, ionization and reactions inside helium nanodroplets close to zero K

A Mauracher, O Echt, AM Ellis, S Yang, DK Bohme… - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the applications of helium nanodroplets
in the study of ensembles of atoms and molecules, ie clusters and complexes. These …

Rational design of carbon-based materials for purification and storage of energy carrier gases of methane and hydrogen

S Mirzaei, A Ahmadpour, Z Shao, A Arami-Niya - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Fast-growing energy demands and the depletion of conventional fuel resources such as
crude oil and coal are among the most recent issues treating the world's energy security …

An intense source for cold cluster ions of a specific composition

L Tiefenthaler, J Ameixa, P Martini, S Albertini… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The demand for nanoscale materials of ultra-high purity and narrow size distribution is
addressed. Clusters of Au, C 60, H 2 O, and serine are produced inside helium nanodroplets …

On enhanced hydrogen adsorption on alkali (cesium) doped C60 and effects of the quantum nature of the H2 molecule on physisorption energies

A Kaiser, M Renzler, L Kranabetter… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogen storage by physisorption in carbon based materials is hindered by low adsorption
energies. In the last decade doping of carbon materials with alkali, earth alkali or other metal …

Enhanced Methane Storage in Graphene Oxide Induced by an External Electric Field: A Study by MD Simulations and DFT Calculation

Y Han, J Zhao, X Guo, T Jiao - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
To improve the methane (CH4) storage performance of graphene oxide (GO), molecular
dynamics (MD) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculation were employed …

Adsorption of methane on single metal atoms supported on graphene: Role of electron back-donation in binding and activation

N Pantha, K Ulman, S Narasimhan - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We consider single metal atoms supported on graphene as possible candidate systems for
on-board vehicular storage of methane or for methane activation. We use density functional …

On the size and structure of helium snowballs formed around charged atoms and clusters of noble gases

P Bartl, C Leidlmair, S Denifl, P Scheier… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Helium nanodroplets doped with argon, krypton, or xenon are ionized by electrons and
analyzed in a mass spectrometer. He n Ng x+ ions containing up to seven noble gas (Ng) …

Experimental evidence for the influence of charge on the adsorption capacity of carbon dioxide on charged fullerenes

S Ralser, A Kaiser, M Probst, J Postler… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We show, both experimentally and theoretically, that the adsorption of CO2 is sensitive to
charge on a capturing model carbonaceous surface. In the experiment we doped superfluid …

Adsorption of Polar and Nonpolar Molecules on Isolated Cationic C60, C70, and Their Aggregates

O Echt, A Kaiser, S Zöttl, A Mauracher, S Denifl… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Physisorption on graphite, graphene, nanotubes, and other graphitic structures has been the
subject of numerous studies, partly driven by interest in the nature of order in two …

[HTML][HTML] Titan's ionospheric chemistry, fullerenes, oxygen, galactic cosmic rays and the formation of exobiological molecules on and within its surfaces and lakes

EC Sittler Jr, JF Cooper, SJ Sturner, A Ali - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
We discuss the formation of aerosols within Titan's thermosphere-ionosphere and the
different chemical pathways. Negative ion measurements by the Cassini Plasma …