Emission of molecular fragments synthesized in hypervelocity nanoparticle impacts Academic Article

abstract

• We report on experiments with Aun nanoparticles (100 n 400) at velocities of 10-60 km/s. They are implanted virtually intact via hydrodynamic penetration. The products of the extreme pressure transient are observed by mass analyzing the ionized ejecta. Targets of labeled molecules (13C-, 15N-glycine) reveal fragmentation-recombination processes, producing CN- and OCN- with high efficiency (45%). This value is over two orders of magnitude larger than that obtained with atomic and small cluster projectiles. The experiments could simulate collisions of nanosized dust particles in interstellar space. 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

authors

• Schweikert, Emile

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY

author list (cited authors)

• Guillermier, C., Della-Negra, S., Schweikert, E. A., Dunlop, A., & Rizza, G.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Guillermier, C||Della-Negra, S||Schweikert, EA||Dunlop, A||Rizza, G

publication date

• August 2008

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Mass Spectrometry  Journal

keywords

• Extreme Chemistry
• Hydrodynamic Penetration
• Nanoparticle Impact
• Secondary Ions
• Surface Analysis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ijms.2008.05.023

start page

• 86

end page

• 90

volume

• 275

issue

• 1-3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.ijms.2008.05.023