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Main Authors: McNamara, Stephanie, Parajuli, Prabin, Paul, Sutirtha, Warren, Garfield, Del Maestro, Adrian, Sokol, Paul E.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03200
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author McNamara, Stephanie
Parajuli, Prabin
Paul, Sutirtha
Warren, Garfield
Del Maestro, Adrian
Sokol, Paul E.
author_facet McNamara, Stephanie
Parajuli, Prabin
Paul, Sutirtha
Warren, Garfield
Del Maestro, Adrian
Sokol, Paul E.
contents Templated porous materials, such as MCM-41, due to the uniformity of their onedimensional structure and scalability in synthesis, have emerged as an attractive medium for studying one-dimensional quantum fluids. However, the experimental challenge of synthesizing these materials with pore radii smaller than 15 Angstroms hinders the realization of a one-dimensional quantum liquid of helium within such systems, as the coherence length of helium is shorter than the pore radius. Recently, DelMaestro et. al. have preplated MCM-41 with Ar resulting in a reduction of the pore size and a softening of the adsorption potential allowing them to observe 1D Tomanga-Luttinger liquid like behavior. In this paper we present a novel method to obtain an even more ideal environment for studying the behavior of 1D 4He. We propose preplating MCM-41 pores with cesium (Cs) metal. The non-wetting nature of helium on a Cs-coated surface, coupled with the large atomic radius of cesium, creates an optimal environment for confining a quantum liquid of helium in one-dimensional geometry. We present preliminary measurements of adsorption isotherms and Small Angle X-ray Scattering studies that 1reveal a reduction in pore radius upon preplating MCM-41 with Cs, demonstrating promising prospects for facilitating the realization of one-dimensional quantum fluids in templated porous materials.
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spellingShingle Novel Experimental Platform to realize One-dimensional Quantum Fluids
McNamara, Stephanie
Parajuli, Prabin
Paul, Sutirtha
Warren, Garfield
Del Maestro, Adrian
Sokol, Paul E.
Materials Science
Quantum Gases
Templated porous materials, such as MCM-41, due to the uniformity of their onedimensional structure and scalability in synthesis, have emerged as an attractive medium for studying one-dimensional quantum fluids. However, the experimental challenge of synthesizing these materials with pore radii smaller than 15 Angstroms hinders the realization of a one-dimensional quantum liquid of helium within such systems, as the coherence length of helium is shorter than the pore radius. Recently, DelMaestro et. al. have preplated MCM-41 with Ar resulting in a reduction of the pore size and a softening of the adsorption potential allowing them to observe 1D Tomanga-Luttinger liquid like behavior. In this paper we present a novel method to obtain an even more ideal environment for studying the behavior of 1D 4He. We propose preplating MCM-41 pores with cesium (Cs) metal. The non-wetting nature of helium on a Cs-coated surface, coupled with the large atomic radius of cesium, creates an optimal environment for confining a quantum liquid of helium in one-dimensional geometry. We present preliminary measurements of adsorption isotherms and Small Angle X-ray Scattering studies that 1reveal a reduction in pore radius upon preplating MCM-41 with Cs, demonstrating promising prospects for facilitating the realization of one-dimensional quantum fluids in templated porous materials.
title Novel Experimental Platform to realize One-dimensional Quantum Fluids
topic Materials Science
Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03200