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Formations of Dumbbell C118 and C119 inside Clusters of C60 Molecules by Collision with α Particles

Author
Zettergren, H.; Rousseau, P.; Wang, Y.; Seitz, F.; Chen, T.; Gatchell, M.; Alexander, J. D.; Stockett, M. H.; Rangama, J.; Chesnel, J.Y.; Capron, M.; Poully, Jean Christophe; Domaracka, A.; Méry, A.; Maclot, S.; Schmidt, H. T.; Adoui, L.; Alcamí Pertejo, Manueluntranslated; Tielens, A. G. G. M.; Martín García, Fernandountranslated; Huber, B. A.; Cederquist, H.
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UAM. Departamento de Química
Date
2013-05-01
Citation
Physical Review Letters 110.18 (2013): 185501
ISSN
0031-9007 (print); 1079-7114 (online)
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.185501
Funded by
This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council (Contracts No. 621-2008-3773, No. 621-2009- 3468, and No. 621-2011-4047). The work is partially supported by the Projects No. FIS2010-15127, No. CTQ2010-17006 CSD2007-00010 (MICINN), No. S2009/MAT1726 (CAM), and the CNRS PICS-05356. Studies of interstellar chemistry at Leiden Observatory are supported through advanced-ERC Grant No. 246976 from the European Research Council, through a grant by the Dutch Science Agency, NWO, as part of the Dutch Astrochemistry Network, and through the Spinoza premie from the Dutch Science Agency, NWO
Project
Comunidad de Madrid. S2009/MAT-1726/NANOBIOMAGNET; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/246976; Gobierno de España. FIS2010-15127; Gobierno de España. CTQ2010-17006; Gobierno de España. CSD2007-00010
Editor's Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.185501
Subjects
Física
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10486/668440
Rights
© 2013 American Physical Society

Abstract

We report highly selective covalent bond modifications in collisions between keV alpha particles and van der Waals clusters of C60 fullerenes. Surprisingly, C119 + and C118 + are the dominant molecular fusion products. We use molecular dynamics simulations to show that C59 + and C58 + ions—effectively produced in prompt knockout processes with He2+ —react rapidly with C60 to form dumbbell C119 + and C118 + . Ion impact on molecular clusters in general is expected to lead to efficient secondary reactions of interest for astrophysics. These reactions are different from those induced by photons
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Google™ Scholar:Zettergren, H. - Rousseau, P. - Wang, Y. - Seitz, F. - Chen, T. - Gatchell, M. - Alexander, J. D. - Stockett, M. H. - Rangama, J. - Chesnel, J.Y. - Capron, M. - Poully, Jean Christophe - Domaracka, A. - Méry, A. - Maclot, S. - Schmidt, H. T. - Adoui, L. - Alcamí Pertejo, Manuel - Tielens, A. G. G. M. - Martín García, Fernando - Huber, B. A. - Cederquist, H.

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