AromatIc hydrocarbons prowde nuclcatlon centers for the formatlon of clusters of mert gases m high-flow supcrson~c beams Large clusters of Ar, each containmg a smgk tetracene (T) molecule, were prepared by supersomc expannon of the seeded gas at prequresp = 3000-13000 Torr and mterrogated by laser-m
Cluster-surface impact dissociation of halogen molecules in large inert gas clusters
โ Scribed by Israel Schek; Joshua Jortner; Tamar Raz; R.D. Levine
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 677 KB
- Volume
- 257
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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โฆ Synopsis
Molecular dynamics simulations of the dissociation of I, embedded in large Ar, (n = 319, 553) clusters, which impact at high velocities (u = 7-15 km s-l> on Pt surfaces, result in information on heterogeneous and homogeneous dissociation mechanisms. A broad distribution of dissociation lifetimes is exhibited, which can be attributed to prompt and retarded heterogeneous dissociation and to prompt, retarded and outbound homogeneous dissociation events. The propagation of a microshock wave within a large cluster can be interrogated by the homogeneous dissociation of a chemical probe, with the velocity of the propagation of the dissociation front being close to the cluster impact velocity.
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