Dimensional Reduction of Helium-4 Inside Argon Plated MCM-41 Nanopores
arXiv:2006.06751 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144505
Abstract
The angstrom-scale coherence length describing the superfluid wavefunction of helium-4 at low temperatures has prevented its preparation in a truly one-dimensional geometry. Mesoporous ordered silica-based structures, such as the molecular sieve MCM-41, offer a promising avenue towards physical confinement, but the minimal pore diameters that can be chemically synthesized have proven to be too large to reach the quasi-one-dimensional limit. We present an active nano-engineering approach to this problem by pre-plating MCM-41 with a single, well controlled layer of Ar gas before filling the pores with helium. The structure inside the pore is investigated via experimental adsorption isotherms and neutron scattering measurements that are in agreement with large scale quantum Monte Carlo simulations. The results demonstrate angstrom and kelvin scale tunability of the effective confinement potential experienced by 4He atoms inside the MCM-41, with the Ar layer reducing the diameter of the confining media into a regime where a number of solid layers surround a one-dimensional quantum liquid.
arXiv comment14 pages, 14 figures; updated Fig. 8 with additional data and corrected typos. For associated data and code repository see: https://github.com/DelMaestroGroup/PlatedHe4Nanopores
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