COLLISION-INDUCED COULOMB FRAGMENTATION IN MASS-SELECTED (CO2)N2+ CLUSTERS

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GOTTS, NG
STACE, AJ
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[1] School of Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.21
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O4 [物理学];
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Using the supersonic expansion technique in conjunction with a double-focusing mass spectrometer, Coulomb explosion in mass-selected (CO2)n2+ clusters has been promoted through collisions with a background gas. Extensive fragmentation to a range of different-sized singly charged clusters is observed. However, the kinetic-energy release associated with fragmentation is less than that predicted from an estimate of the Coulomb repulsion energy.
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