Tracking Microhydration of the NaCl Rocksalt Molecule in Helium Nanodroplets by Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy
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| author | Ltaief, Ltaief Ben Sishodia, Keshav Richter, Robert Pi, Martí Barranco, Manuel Eloranta, Jussi Krishnan, Sivarama Calvo, Florent Mudrich, Marcel |
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| contents | The microhydration of rock salt (NaCl) molecules was investigated using high-resolution Penning ionization electron spectroscopy (PIES) in helium nanodroplets. Although model calculations predict that NaCl molecules are fully submerged inside the droplets, PIES of NaCl are highly resolved, in stark contrast to other molecular species. Co-doping the droplets with a controlled number of $n=5$--10 water molecules leads to efficient quenching of the NaCl Penning ionization signal and to its full suppression for $n\gtrsim 30$. Accompanying density-functional theory (DFT) and force field calculations reveal a transition from contact ion pair structures to solvent-separated ion pairs at $n=12$--15. However, it takes $n\approx 17$ water molecules to form a complete solvation shell around the Cl$^-$ anion and as many as $n\approx 34$ to fully hydrate the Na$^+$ cation, thus the entire NaCl molecule, which rationalizes the experimental findings. |
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| spellingShingle | Tracking Microhydration of the NaCl Rocksalt Molecule in Helium Nanodroplets by Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy Ltaief, Ltaief Ben Sishodia, Keshav Richter, Robert Pi, Martí Barranco, Manuel Eloranta, Jussi Krishnan, Sivarama Calvo, Florent Mudrich, Marcel Chemical Physics Atomic and Molecular Clusters The microhydration of rock salt (NaCl) molecules was investigated using high-resolution Penning ionization electron spectroscopy (PIES) in helium nanodroplets. Although model calculations predict that NaCl molecules are fully submerged inside the droplets, PIES of NaCl are highly resolved, in stark contrast to other molecular species. Co-doping the droplets with a controlled number of $n=5$--10 water molecules leads to efficient quenching of the NaCl Penning ionization signal and to its full suppression for $n\gtrsim 30$. Accompanying density-functional theory (DFT) and force field calculations reveal a transition from contact ion pair structures to solvent-separated ion pairs at $n=12$--15. However, it takes $n\approx 17$ water molecules to form a complete solvation shell around the Cl$^-$ anion and as many as $n\approx 34$ to fully hydrate the Na$^+$ cation, thus the entire NaCl molecule, which rationalizes the experimental findings. |
| title | Tracking Microhydration of the NaCl Rocksalt Molecule in Helium Nanodroplets by Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy |
| topic | Chemical Physics Atomic and Molecular Clusters |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22000 |