Imaging the charge distributions and structures of molecules and clusters will promote the understanding of the dynamics of the quantum system.Here,we report a method by using an Ar atom as a tip to probe the charge distributions of benzene(Bz)cations in gas phase.Remarkably,the measured charge distributions of Bz^(+)(δ_(H)=0.204,δ_(C)=-0.037)and Bz^(2+)(δ_(H)=0.248,δ_(C)=0.0853)agree well with the calculated Mulliken distributions,and the structures of Bz2 is reconstructed by using the measured charge distributions.The structures of two Bz2isomers(T-shaped and PD isomers)can be resolved from the measured inter-molecular potential V(R)between two Bz ions,and the structures of Bz dimer agree well with the theoretical predictions.
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