Recoiled ions from polyatomic cluster impacts on organic and inorganic targets Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We report the observation of a polyatomic cluster constituent, fluorine in this case, recoiling from the projectile upon impact with a surface. The clusters (NaF)nNa+ (n = 1, 2, and 4), PF-6, BF-4, and SiF-5, with incident kinetic energies of 12-28 keV, were impacted on Au, SiO2, and -cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid targets. The Au surface gave the highest F- yield when compared to the "light" SiO2 surface, for the same incident cluster. This supports previous MD predications of polyatomic cluster constituents "splashing" upon impact with a surface. 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

author list (cited authors)

  • Diehnelt, C. W., Van Stipdonk, M. J., & Schweikert, E. A.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Diehnelt, CW||Van Stipdonk, MJ||Schweikert, EA

publication date

  • August 1998