April 2025
The COSY community deeply mourns the loss of our dear friend and esteemed colleague, Professor Manuel Barranco.
Professor Barranco was a distinguished expert in computational and theoretical physics and chemistry, with a profound impact on the study of helium nanodroplets. His contributions have significantly shaped our understanding of this field, and his dedication, insight, and kindness will always be remembered.
We remain forever grateful for his work, mentorship, and friendship. Always thankfully, we will remind him.
Selected publications:
- Barranco, M.; Pi, M.; Gatica, S. M.; Hernández, E. S.; Navarro, J. Structure and energetics of mixed 4He-3He drops. Physical Review B, 1997, 56, 8997–9003. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.56.8997.
- Emperador, A.; Pi, M.; Barranco, M.; Lorke, A. Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Nanoscopic InAs Rings. Physical Review B, 2000, 62, 4573–4577. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.62.4573.
- Ancilotto, F.; Barranco, M.; Coppens, F.; Eloranta, J.; Halberstadt, N.; Hernando, A.; Mateo, D.; Pi, M. Density Functional Theory of Doped Superfluid Liquid Helium and Nanodroplets. International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2017, 36, 621–707. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144235x.2017.1351672.
- Barranco, M.; Guardiola, R.; Hernández, S.; Mayol, R.; Navarro, J.; Pi, M. Helium Nanodroplets: An Overview. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2006, 142, 1–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-005-9267-0.
- Albrechtsen, S. H.; Schouder, C. A.; Viñas Muñoz, A.; Christensen, J. K.; Engelbrecht Petersen, C.; Pi, M.; Barranco, M.; Stapelfeldt, H. Observing the Primary Steps of Ion Solvation in Helium Droplets. Nature, 2023, 623, 319–323. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06593-5.
- García-Alfonso, E.; Barranco, M.; Halberstadt, N.; Pi, M. Time-Resolved Solvation of Alkali Ions in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 160. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0205951.
- García-Alfonso, E.; Ancilotto, F.; Barranco, M.; Cargnoni, F.; Halberstadt, N.; Pi, M. Revisiting Thomson’s Model with Multiply Charged Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 161. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0244260.
