New highly charged fullerene ions: Production and fragmentation by slow ion impact

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.53.615· OSTI ID:277305

Jin, J; Khemliche, H; Prior, M H ^[1]; Xie, Z ^[2]

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1. Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
2. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

Fullerene ions, C{sub 60}{sup {ital q}+}, with {ital q} up to 9, have been observed in a study of their production by slow ({ital v}{lt}0.5 au) impact of the projectiles {sup 40}Ar{sup 4,5,8,12,16,17+}, {sup 136}Xe{sup 27+}, {sup 86}Kr{sup 28+}, {sup 209}Bi{sup 20,38,44,46+}, and {sup 238}U{sup 46+} on a neutral fullerene beam. The distribution of ion yields for each projectile is representable by a binomial form; variation of the biniomial fit parameters with projectile charge suggests the maximum positive charge for the fullerene ion. Correlations between the time of flight of first and second ions are shown to provide details of the fragmentation of fullerenes in close collisions. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 277305
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 53; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ARGON 40
ARGON IONS
ATOMIC CLUSTERS
BISMUTH 209
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FRAGMENTATION
FULLERENES
ION COLLISIONS
KRYPTON 86
KRYPTON IONS
URANIUM 238
URANIUM IONS
XENON 136
XENON IONS