The uptake of molecules on nanometer-size clusters of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is important for the condensation of water on PAH aerosols in the atmosphere and for ice mantle growth on nanoparticles in the interstellar medium. We generate benzene clusters BzN of mean size N̅ ≈ 300 (radius R̅ ≈ 2.2 Å) as a model system for the PAH nanoparticles. Using molecular beams and mass spectrometry detection, we investigate the uptake of water, methanol, and ethanol by these clusters. All picked up molecules are highly mobile on BzN and generate clusters within <3 ms. The relative uptakes for the different investigated molecules can be directly compared and quantified. Water molecules exhibit the lowest relative pickup probability that is ∼30% lower than those for methanol and ethanol, which are approximately the same.

Department of Chemical Physics and Optics Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University Ke Karlovu 3 121 16 Prague Czech Republic

Department of Computational Chemistry J Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v v i The Czech Academy of Sciences Dolejškova 2155 3 182 23 Prague Czech Republic

Department of Dynamics of Molecules and Clusters J Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v v i The Czech Academy of Sciences Dolejškova 2155 3 182 23 Prague Czech Republic

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