Solvation of cationic copper clusters in molecular hydrogen.

ABSTRACT: Multiply charged superfluid helium nanodroplets are utilized to facilitate the growth of cationic copper clusters (Cu_n⁺, where n = 1-8) that are subsequently solvated with up to 50 H₂ molecules. Production of both pristine and protonated cationic Cu clusters are detected mass spectrometrically. A joint effort between experiment and theory allows us to understand the nature of the interactions determining the bonding between pristine and protonated Cu⁺ and Cu₂⁺ cations and molecular hydrogen. The analysis reveals that in all investigated cationic clusters, the primary solvation shell predominantly exhibits a covalent bonding character, which gradually decreases in strength, while for the subsequent shells an exc

SUBMITTER: Lushchikova OV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10528801 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature