ABUNDANCE AND DEPTH OF ORIGIN OF NEUTRAL AND IONIC CLUSTERS SPUTTERED FROM A LIQUID GALLIUM-INDIUM EUTECTIC ALLOY

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作者
LILL, TB
CALLAWAY, WF
PELLIN, MJ
GRUEN, DM
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[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,DIV CHEM TECHNOL,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] ARGONNE NATL LAB,DIV CHEM,ARGONNE,IL 60439
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1719
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Neutral and positively charged clusters produced by 4 keV Ar+ ion bombardment of a liquid gallium-indium eutectic alloy have been studied by time-of-flight mass spectrometry coupled with single photon postionization of the neutrals. The abundance distributions for clusters with equal nuclearity are statistical. They confirm a strong indium surface segregation. An increasing gallium content, and therefore, larger depth of origin, was found for increasing cluster size.
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页码:1719 / 1722
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