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Femtosecond interatomic coulombic decay in free neon clusters: large lifetime differences between surface and bulk
Uppsala universitet, Teknisk-naturvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Fysiska sektionen, Fysiska institutionen.
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2005 Ingår i: Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 93, s. 173401-Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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2005. Vol. 93, s. 173401-
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-95322OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-95322DiVA, id: diva2:169492
Tillgänglig från: 2007-01-16 Skapad: 2007-01-16Bibliografiskt granskad
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1. Rare-gas Clusters Studied by Electron Spectroscopy: Structure of Heterogeneous Clusters and Effects of Electron Scattering on Auger Decay
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2007 (Engelska)Doktorsavhandling, sammanläggning (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

In this Thesis experimental studies of nano-clusters using synchrotron radiation based photoelectron (UPS and XPS) and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) are presented. The investigations may be divided into two parts where the first reports on the structure of heterogeneous two component clusters, and the second concerns electronic decay processes.

Using photoelectron spectroscopies as investigative tools the radial composition of heteroclusters of argon mixed with xenon, krypton or neon has been determined. Two methods of heterogeneous cluster production were employed: co-expansion and doping/pick-up. By analyzing the line shapes, energy positions, and widths of the spectral cluster features the radial composition of the clusters produced by co-expansion were found to form close-to-equilibrium structures, placing the component with larger cohesive energy in the cluster core while the second component was to varying degree segregated toward the surface. By instead using the doping/pick-up technique the opposite radial structures, i.e. far-from-equilibrium structures, may be formed. In the case of argon/krypton clusters a similar surface structure is formed regardless of production technique.

The second part of the Thesis concerns post-ionization decay processes. Experimental evidence for the Interatomic Coulombic Decay process, a theoretically predicted decay channel, is presented in a study of homogeneous neon clusters. The time scale of the decay was determined to 6±1 fs for bulk atoms and >30 fs for surface atoms in the neon cluster, showing the connection between local geometry and dynamics of the decay.

Another channel for electronic relaxation is Auger decay. This Thesis presents a method of disentangling the spectral surface and bulk responses from clusters in Auger spectra. Studies of argon clusters show that the AES technique is more surface sensitive than XPS, even at the same electron kinetic energy. Furthermore, the effect scattering of the photoelectron has on the Auger spectra was investigated. Special effort was put into explaining an experimentally observed photon energy dependent intensity appearing on the high-kinetic energy side on the Auger signal. We propose that this intensity is due to a solid state-specific photoelectron recapture process we name Pre-Auger Recapture (PAR), which affects the kinetic energy of the Auger electrons.

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Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2007. s. 85
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Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology, ISSN 1651-6214 ; 260
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Physics, Nano-particles, Clusters, Heterogeneous clusters, Core-shell clusters, XPS, UPS, AES, Electron scattering, Radial structure, Surface structure, Surface sensitivity, Synchrotron radiation, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Fysik
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urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7431 (URN)978-91-554-6769-2 (ISBN)
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2007-02-09, Polhemsalen, Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1, Uppsala, 10:15 (Engelska)
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Tillgänglig från: 2007-01-16 Skapad: 2007-01-16 Senast uppdaterad: 2016-08-24Bibliografiskt granskad

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