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Peng Z, Zanuttini D, Gervais B, Jacquet E, Blum I, Choi PP, Raabe D, Vurpillot F, Gault B. Unraveling the Metastability of C n2+ ( n = 2-4) Clusters. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:581-588. [PMID: 30673242 PMCID: PMC6728088 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Pure carbon clusters have received considerable attention for a long time. However, fundamental questions, such as what the smallest stable carbon cluster dication is, remain unclear. We investigated the stability and fragmentation behavior of C n2+ ( n = 2-4) dications using state-of-the-art atom probe tomography. These small doubly charged carbon cluster ions were produced by laser-pulsed field evaporation from a tungsten carbide field emitter. Correlation analysis of the fragments detected in coincidence reveals that they only decay to C n-1+ + C+. During C22+ → C+ + C+, significant kinetic energy release (∼5.75-7.8 eV) is evidenced. Through advanced experimental data processing combined with ab initio calculations and simulations, we show that the field-evaporated diatomic 12C22+ dications are either in weakly bound 3Πu and 3Σg- states, quickly dissociating under the intense electric field, or in a deeply bound electronic 5Σu- state with lifetimes >180 ps.
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- Zirong Peng
- Department
of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Normandie
Univ, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, GPM, 76000 Rouen, France
- Normandie
Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000 Caen, France
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- Normandie
Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000 Caen, France
- E-mail: (B. Gervais)
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- Normandie
Univ, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, GPM, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Department
of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-338, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department
of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
- E-mail: (B. Gault)
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Kitaguchi H, Lozano-Perez S, Moody M. Quantitative analysis of carbon in cementite using pulsed laser atom probe. Ultramicroscopy 2014; 147:51-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2013] [Revised: 06/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Marceau R, Choi P, Raabe D. Understanding the detection of carbon in austenitic high-Mn steel using atom probe tomography. Ultramicroscopy 2013; 132:239-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Revised: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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MAZILOVA TI, KOTRECHKO S, SADANOV EV, KSENOFONTOV VA, MIKHAILOVSKIJ IM. HIGH-FIELD FORMATION OF LINEAR CARBON CHAINS AND ATOMIC CLUSTERS. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE 2011. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219581x10006636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Linear forms of carbon are important in a wide variety of applications, ranging from highly conducting interconnects to field emission materials. By methods of field ion microscopy (FIM) and mass-spectrometry, it was revealed that linear carbon chains were present at the surface of carbon fibers after high-voltage treatment. The carbon chains attached to the specimen tips were produced in situ in a field ion microscope by unraveling of nanofibers using low-temperature evaporation in electric fields of the order of 1011 Vm-1. The unraveling of graphite is possible due to the ultimate strength of the monoatomic carbon chain. The maximum force before failure of carbon chains at 0 K is 7.916 nN at a strain of 0.19 and the ideal tensile strength is equal to 252.1 GPa. Molecular dynamics simulations and high resolution FIM experiments are performed to assess the evaporation of atomic chains under high-field conditions. One can conclude that ions are field evaporated from a graphite surface initially in linear cluster forms, which decompose mostly into smaller atomic clusters and individual ions because of the ultrahigh-temperature excitation during unraveling.
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- T. I. MAZILOVA
- Department of Low Temperatures and Condensed State, National Scientific Center, "Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology", 61108 Kharkov, Ukraine
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- Department of Low Temperatures and Condensed State, National Scientific Center, "Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology", 61108 Kharkov, Ukraine
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- Department of Low Temperatures and Condensed State, National Scientific Center, "Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology", 61108 Kharkov, Ukraine
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- Department of Low Temperatures and Condensed State, National Scientific Center, "Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology", 61108 Kharkov, Ukraine
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- Department of Low Temperatures and Condensed State, National Scientific Center, "Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology", 61108 Kharkov, Ukraine
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Müller M, Saxey D, Smith G, Gault B. Some aspects of the field evaporation behaviour of GaSb. Ultramicroscopy 2011; 111:487-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Revised: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gault B, Moody MP, Saxey DW, Cairney JM, Liu Z, Zheng R, Marceau RKW, Liddicoat PV, Stephenson LT, Ringer SP. Atom Probe Tomography at The University of Sydney. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77968-1_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Kelly TF, Miller MK. Invited review article: Atom probe tomography. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2007; 78:031101. [PMID: 17411171 DOI: 10.1063/1.2709758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The technique of atom probe tomography (APT) is reviewed with an emphasis on illustrating what is possible with the technique both now and in the future. APT delivers the highest spatial resolution (sub-0.3-nm) three-dimensional compositional information of any microscopy technique. Recently, APT has changed dramatically with new hardware configurations that greatly simplify the technique and improve the rate of data acquisition. In addition, new methods have been developed to fabricate suitable specimens from new classes of materials. Applications of APT have expanded from structural metals and alloys to thin multilayer films on planar substrates, dielectric films, semiconducting structures and devices, and ceramic materials. This trend toward a broader range of materials and applications is likely to continue.
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- Thomas F Kelly
- Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation, 5500 Nobel Drive, Madison, WI 53711, USA
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