title: Detection of the linear carbon cluster C10: rotationally resolved diode-laser spectroscopy.
abstract: Detected in interstellar space and as intermediates in soot formation, molecules of pure carbon in the form of linear chains or ring structures have interested researchers for several decades, who attempt to elucidate their physical properties and the processes govering their formation. A high-resolution infrared spectrometer housing a tunable diode laser and combined with an effective laser ablation source for the cluster production has been used to study the molecular properties of small carbon clusters; reported herein is the first gas-phase spectrum of linear C10.
authors.affiliation: I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany. giesen@ph1.uni-koeln.de
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Giesen
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Berndt
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schieder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winnewisser
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Provencal
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Keutsch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Orden
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Saykally
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D002244:Carbon