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Recent Progress in Studies of Nanostructured Impurity–Helium Solids

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Impurity–helium (Im–He) solids are porous materials formed inside superfluid 4He by nanoclusters of impurities injected from the gas phase. The results of studies of these materials have relevance to soft condensed matter physics, matrix isolation of free radicals and low temperature chemistry. Recent studies by a variety of experimental techniques, including CW and pulse ESR, X-ray diffraction, ultrasound and Raman spectroscopy allow a better characterization of the properties of Im–He solids. The structure of Im–He solids, the trapping sites of stabilized atoms and the possible energy content of the samples are analyzed on the basis of experimental data. The kinetics of exchange tunneling reactions of hydrogen isotopes in nanoclusters and the changes of environment of the atoms during the course of these reactions are reviewed. Analysis of the ESR data shows that very large fraction of the stabilized atoms in Im–He solids reside on the surfaces of impurity nanoclusters. The future directions for studying Im–He solids are described. Among the most attractive are the studies of Im–He solids with high concentrations of stabilized atoms at ultralow (10–20 mK) temperature for the observation of new collective quantum phenomena, the studies of practical application of Im–He solids as a medium in neutron moderator for efficient production of ultracold (∼1 mK) neutrons, and the possibilities of obtaining high concentration of atomic nitrogen embedded in N2 clusters for energy storage.

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Khmelenko, V.V., Kunttu, H. & Lee, D.M. Recent Progress in Studies of Nanostructured Impurity–Helium Solids. J Low Temp Phys 148, 1–31 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-007-9353-6

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