title: Experimental observation of nanojets formed by heating PbO-coated Pb clusters.
abstract: We are reporting the first experimental observation of nanojets formed by heating PbO-coated Pb clusters, which has been predicted theoretically by Moseler and Landman. During heating, the hot liquid is ejected through the broken orifice into a vacuum and forms a condensed trail in the shape of a tadpole, as shown in the transmission electron micrographs. The temperature-variable Raman spectra indicate that nanojet formation is closely related to the heating temperature and thus essentially to the pressure in the coated clusters. The pressure inside the shell rises from the inner core's melting and its confined volume expansion. It then drops after the final explosion, dominating the whole nanojetting process.
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, People's Republic of China. jackkiesong@vip.sina.com
authors.forename: Fengqi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Minda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Guanghou
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang