@article{4055,
  author = {Cameron Straatsma and M. Fabrikant and G. Douberly and Heather Lewandowski},
  title = {Production of carbon clusters C3 to C12 with a cryogenic buffer-gas beam source},
  abstract = {<p>Cryogenic buffer-gas beam sources are capable of producing intense beams of a wide variety of molecules and have a number of advantages over traditional supersonic expansion sources. In this work, we report on a neon matrix isolation study of carbon clusters produced with a cryogenic buffer-gas beam source. Carbon clusters created by laser ablation of graphite are trapped in a neon matrix and detected with a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer in the spectral range\&nbsp;4000\textendash1000 cm<sup>-1</sup>. Through a study of carbon cluster production as a function of various system parameters, we characterize the behavior of the buffer-gas beam source and find that approximately 10<sup>11</sup>\textendash10<sup>12</sup>\&nbsp;of each cluster is produced with each pulse of the ablation laser. These measurements demonstrate the usefulness of cryogenic buffer-gas beam sources for producing molecular beams of clusters.</p>},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {The Journal of Chemical Physics},
  volume = {147},
  pages = {124201},
  month = {2017-09},
  issn = {0021-9606},
  url = {http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4995237},
  doi = {10.1063/1.4995237},
}