Osnabrück 2002 – scientific programme

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A: Atomphysik

A 15: Cluster V (gemeinsam mit FV Molekülphysik)

A 15.3: Talk

Thursday, March 7, 2002, 14:30–14:45, HS 01/E01

Pickup and charging of neutral molecules by cluster impact — •Christoph Gebhardt¹, Thomas Witte¹, Vladimir Gridin², Hartmut Schröder¹, and Karl-Ludwig Kompa¹ — ¹Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748 Garching — ²Technion, Haifa, Israel

Clusters built from polar molecules like SO₂ decay into positively and negatively charged fragments upon collision with a target surface. We recently explained this effect in terms of a pickup of alkali surface adsorbates during the collision, followed by electron delocalization. Here we discuss the co-pickup of polar spectator molecules like H₂O during the surface impact. Of particular interest is the pickup of fluorescein (C₂₀H₁₀O₅Cl₂) which may offer new means for the mass spectrometry of bio-molecules.