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Sputtering soft materials with molecular projectiles: A microscopic view

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Delcorte, Arnaud [UCL] Garrison, B.J. [Pennsylvania State University, University Park,] Hamraoui, K. [UCL]

The sputtering of bulk organic samples by molecular projectiles is modeled using molecular dynamics simulations. A coarsegrained representation of entangled polyethylene oligomers (1.4 kDa) is used as a model of an amorphous soft material. In this study, a variety of projectiles are compared, includingC60, coronene anda series ofpolystyrene molecular cluster (0.6–110 kDa). The polystyrene clusters bridge the gap between the polyatomic ions (SF5, C60) used in secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and the large organic microdroplets generated, e.g. in desorption electrospray ionization. In addition, they allow us to explore a wide range of energies/nucleon (0.1–18 eV/nucleon) with projectiles of similar nature and the same total kinetic energy (10 keV). Two regions of sputtering can be distinguished. Above 1 eV/nucleon (smaller projectiles), the sputtering yield depends only on the total projectile energy and not on the projectile nuclearity. Below 1 eV/nucleon (larger projectiles), yields are influenced by both the projectile energy and their nuclearity. Larger projectiles also eject fewer fragments and induce significantly less damage in the sample. A region of intact molecular emission, without induced fragmentation, exists in the <1 eV/nucleon range. For large clusters, an energy of <1 eV/nucleon still provides a sputtered mass from the target that is larger than 10 kDa. This region ofmolecular emission with minimal fragmentation, also attainable with large gas clusters, offers new analytical perspectives.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2011
Language Anglais
Journal information "Surface and Interface Analysis" - Vol. 43, p. 16–19 (2011)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher JohnWiley & Sons Ltd. ((United Kingdom) Bognor Regis)
issn 0142-2421
e-issn 1096-9918
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SST/IMCN/BSMA - Bio and soft matter
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, - Department of Chemistry
Keywords SIMS ; Cluster ; molecular projectile ; Organics ; molecular dynamics
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Bibliographic reference Delcorte, Arnaud ; Garrison, B.J. ; Hamraoui, K.. Sputtering soft materials with molecular projectiles: A microscopic view. In: Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 43, p. 16–19 (2011)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/95086