SIMS study of the mechanism of cluster formation during ion bombardment of alkali halides
SIMS study of the mechanism of cluster formation during ion bombardment of alkali halides
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SIMS研究碱卤化物离子轰击团簇形成机理
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1978
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J. Rabalais
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F. Honda;G. M. Lancaster;Y. Fukuda;J. Rabalais
The secondary ion mass spectra (SIMS) of the salts NaX (X=F,Cl,Br,I) and CsX (X=F,I,ClO4) are reported. A UHV spectrometer system designed for SIMS studies is described in detail. Large secondary ion clusters of high mass, e.g., Na14F13+(569 amu) and Cs4I3+(913 amu), whose minimum lifetimes are of the order of tenths of milliseconds, have been detected. The long series of detected cluster ions of the type MnXn−1+ indicates that there is a high degree of stability associated with these clusters. The intensities I of the different series of observed clusters of the type MnXn−m+ (m=−2,−1,0,1,2) vary as a function of cluster mass M according to I=aMb, where b takes values from −1.98 to −9.02 for various series. The kinetic energy distributions of the clusters have a maximum in the region 1–2 eV which, in general, shifts to lower energy and sharpens with increasing cluster size. A clustering mechanism which is qualitatively consistent with all of the experimental observations is proposed. This mechanism involv...