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The first gas-phase infrared spectra of two isolated astronomically relevant and large PAH cations - diindenoperylene (DIP) and dicoronylene (DC) - in the 530$-$1800 cm$^{-1}$ (18.9$-$5.6 $\mu$m) range - are presented. Vibrational band…
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