Desorption of large molecules with light-element clusters: Effects of cluster sizeand substrate nature

Delcorte, Arnaud;Garrison, Barbara J
(2011) Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms — Vol. 269, n° 14, p. 1572-1577 (2011)

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  • Delcorte, ArnaudUCLouvain
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  • Garrison, Barbara JPenn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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This contribution focuses on the conditions required to desorb a large hydrocarbon molecule using light-element clusters. The test molecule is a 7.5 kDa coil of polystyrene (PS61). Several projectiles are compared, from C60 to 110 kDa organic droplets and two substrates are used, amorphous polyethylene and mono-crystalline gold. Different aiming points and incidence angles are examined. Under specific conditions, 10 keV nanodrops can desorb PS61 intact from a gold substrate and from a soft polyethylene substrate. The prevalent mechanism for the desorption of intact and ‘cold’ molecules is one in which the molecules are washed away by the projectile constituents and entrained in their flux, with an emission angle close to ∼70°. The effects of the different parameters on the dynamics and the underlying physics are discussed in detail and the predictions of the model are compared with other published studies.
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Delcorte, A., & Garrison, B. J. (2011). Desorption of large molecules with light-element clusters: Effects of cluster sizeand substrate nature. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 269(14), 1572-1577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2010.11.023 (Original work published 2011)