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We have measured the photoelectron-spectra of I− (H2O)n clusters in the size range n=1–60. We have found that the first six water molecules form a solvation layer with an average 0.35 eV electrostatic stabilization of the anion. At larger cluster sizes the electrostatic stabilization of water does not fit a continuous dielectric solvent. The most stable structures of the clusters consist of internally solvated anions. In the size range n=34–40 we have found evidence for existence of cluster structures with surface solvated anions.
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Markovich, G., Pollack, S., Giniger, R. et al. The solvation of iodine anions in water clusters: PES studies. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 26, 98–100 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01429115
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