Ar cluster bombardment of phenylalanine deposited on graphene-Effect of kinetic energy and projectile size.

This study investigates the effects of kinetic energy and projectile size on particle emission from a phenylalanine overlayer adsorbed on a graphene bilayer during argon projectile bombardment. Projectiles of various sizes (1-1000 atoms) and kinetic energies (0.5-40 keV) are used to study their impact on the ejection efficiency, mass distribution, and kinetic and angular spectra of the emitted substances.

Development of a Charge-Implicit ReaxFF for C/H/O Systems.

Modeling chemical reactions in condensed phases is difficult. Interaction potentials (or force fields) like ReaxFF can perform this modeling with a high overall accuracy, but the disadvantage of ReaxFF is a low simulation speed arising from costly algorithms, in particular charge equilibration. Therefore, we reparametrized ReaxFF to incorporate Coulomb forces into other terms of the force field.

Three-Dimensional Mass Spectrometric Imaging of Biological Structures Using a Vacuum-Compatible Microfluidic Device.

Three-dimensional (3D) molecular imaging of biological structures is important for a wide range of research. In recent decades, secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has been recognized as a powerful technique for both two-dimensional and 3D molecular imaging. Sample fixations (e.

Intuitive Model of Surface Modification Induced by Cluster Ion Beams.

Topography development is one of the main factors limiting the quality of depth profiles during depth profiling experiments. One possible source of topography development is the formation of self-organized patterns due to cluster ion beam irradiation. In this work, we propose a simple model that can intuitively explain this phenomenon in terms of impact-induced mass transfer.

Effect of the Impact Angle on the Kinetic Energy and Angular Distributions of β-Carotene Sputtered by 15 keV Ar Projectiles.

Molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations are used to model ejection of particles from β-carotene samples bombarded by 15 keV Ar. The effect of the incidence angle on the angular and kinetic energy distributions is investigated. It has been found that both of these distributions are sensitive to the variation of the incidence angle, particularly near the normal incidence.