Electron ionization of different large perfluoroethers embedded in ultracold helium droplets: Effective freezing of short-lived decomposition intermediates

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 298-304

  Bartl, P ^a   Tanzer, K ^a   Mitterdorfer, C ^a,d   Karolczak, S ^b   Illenberger, E ^c   Denifl, S ^a   Scheier, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ELECTRONS; HELIUM; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS;

ELECTRON IONIZATION; FRAGMENT IONS; GAS-PHASES; HELIUM DROPLETS; MASS FRAGMENTS; MASS SPECTRA; MODEL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROETHERS; STRONG SIGNAL; ULTRA-COLD;

IONS;

EID: 84871292445     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6459     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. J. Scheirs,. Modern Fluoropolymers, John Wiley, Weinheim, 1997.
2. L. Holland, L. Laurenson, R. E. Hurley, K. Williams,. The behaviour of perfluoropolyether and other vacuum fluids under ion and electron bombardment. Nucl. Instrum. Methods 1973, 111, 555.
3. A. Faucitano, A. Buttafava, S. Karolczak, P. A. Guarda, G. Marchionni,. The chemical effects of ionizing radiations on fluorinated ethers. J. Fluorine Chem. 2004, 125, 221.
4. A. M. Spool, P. H. Kasai,. Perfluoropolyethers: Analysis by TOF-SIMS. Macromolecules 1996, 29, 1691.
5. K. Nakayama, S. D. Mirza,. Verification of the decomposition of perfluoropolyether fluid due to tribomicroplasma. Tribol. Trans. 2006, 49, 17.
6. K. Becker, C. C. Line, in Low Temperature Plasmas. Fundamentals, Technologies and Techniques, (2nd edn.), (Eds:, R. Hippler, H. Kersten, M. Schmidt, K. H. Schoenbach,). Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2008, chap. 3.
7. C. Mitterdorfer, A. Edtbauer, S. Karolczak, J. Postler, D. Gschliesser, S. Denifl, E. Illenberger, P. Scheier,. Strong fragmentation processes driven by low energy electron attachment to various small perfluoroether molecules. Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2011, 306, 63.
8. H. Schöbel, P. Bartl, C. Leidlmair, S. Denifl, O. Echt, T. D. Märk, P. Scheier,. High-resolution mass spectrometric study of pure helium droplets, and droplets doped with krypton. Europ. Phys. J. D 2011, 63, 209.
9. J. P. Toennies, A. F. Vilesov,. Superfluid helium droplets: A uniquely cold nanomatrix for molecules and molecular complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 2622.
10. The NIST ChemistryWebbBook: http://webbook.nist.gov/.
11. G. Hagenow, W. Denzer, B. Brutschy, H. Baumgärtel,. Formation of tetrafluoromethane(1+) from tetrafluoromethane clusters. J. Phys. Chem. 1988, 92, 6487.
12. 6 embedded in superfluid helium droplets. Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 280, 26.
13. A. Boatwright, J. Jeffs, A. J. Stace,. Ion-molecule reactions and fragmentation patterns in helium nanodroplets. J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 7481.
14. W. K. Lewis, B. E. Applegate, J. Sztaray, B. Sztaray, T. Baer, R. J. Bemish, R. E. Miller,. Electron impact ionization in helium nanodroplets: Controlling fragmentation by active cooling of molecular ions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 11283.
15. W. K. Lewis, C. M. Lindsay, R. E. Miller,. Ionization and fragmentation of isomeric van der Waals complexes embedded in helium nanodroplets. J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 129, 201101.
16. S. Yang, S. M. Brereton, M. D. Wheeler, A. M. Ellis,. Soft or hard ionization of molecules in helium nanodroplets? An electron impact investigation of alcohols and ethers. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2005, 7, 4082.
17. F. Stienkemeier, K. K. Lehmann,. Spectroscopy and dynamics in helium nanodroplets. J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 2006, 39, R127.
18. B. Shepperson, J. Liu, A. M. Ellis, S. Yang,. The formation of helium cluster cations following the ionization of helium nanodroplets: Influence of droplet size and dopant. J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 135, 041101.
19. S. Smolarek, N. B. Brauer, W. J. Buma, M. Drabbels,. IR spectroscopy of molecular ions by nonthermal ion ejection from helium nanodroplets. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 14086, and references cited therein.
20. P. J. Robinson, K. A. Holbrook,. in Unimolecular Reactions. Wiley Interscience, London, 1972.
21. I. Howe, D. H. Williams, R. D. Bowen, in Mass Spectrometry. Principles and Applications, (2nd edn.). McGraw-Hill, New York, 1982.
22. J. Momigny, in Gaseous Molecular Ions. An Introduction to Elementary Processes induced by Ionization, (Eds:, H. Baumgärtel, E. U. Franck, W. Grünbein,). Springer-Verlag, New York, 1992, chap. 2.
23. S. Denifl, F. Zappa, I. Mähr, J. Lecointre, M. Probst, T. D. Märk, P. Scheier,. Mass spectrometric investigation of anions formed upon free electron attachment to nucleobase molecules and clusters embedded in superfluid helium droplets. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2006, 97, 043201.
24. F. Ferreira da Silva, S. Jaksch, G. M. Martins, H. M. Dang, M. Dampc, S. Denifl, T. D. Märk, P. Limao-Vieira, J. Liu, S. Yang, A. M. Ellis, P. Scheier,. Electron attachment and electron ionization of acetic acid clusters embedded in helium nanodroplets. Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. 2009, 11, 11631.
25. F. Ferreira da Silva, S. Ptasinska, S. Denifl, D. Gschliesser, J. Postler, C. Matias, T. D. Märk, P. Limao-Vieira, P. Scheier,. Electron interaction with nitromethane embedded in helium droplets: Attachment and ionization measurements. J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 135, 174504.
26. A. Mauracher, H. Schöbel, F. Ferreira da Silva, A. Edtbauer, C. Mitterdorfer, S. Denifl, T. D. Märk, E. Illenberger, P. Scheier,. Electron attachment to trinitrotoluene (TNT) embedded in He droplets: complete freezing of dissociation intermediates in an extended range of electron energies. Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. 2009, 11, 8240.
27. D. Huber, M. Beikircher, S. Denifl, F. Zappa, S. Matejcik, A. Bacher, V. Grill, T. D. Märk, P. Scheier,. High resolution dissociative electron attachment to gas phase adenine. J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 125, 084304.
28. C. Mitterdorfer,. Diploma thesis, Universität Innsbruck, 2009.
29. S. Yang, S. M. Brereton, M. D. Wheeler, A. M. Ellis,. Electron impact ionization of haloalkanes in helium nanodroplets. J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 1791.
30. S. Yang, S. M. Brereton, A. M. Ellis,. Electron impact ionization mass spectrometry of aliphatic alcohol clusters in helium nanodroplets. Int. J Mass Spectrom. 2006, 253, 79.
31. J. Tiggesbäumker, F. Stienkemeier,. Formation and properties of metal clusters isolated in helium droplets. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2007, 9, 4748, and references cited therein.
32. B. Shepperson, J. Liu, A. M. Ellis, S. F. Yang,. Ionization of doped helium nanodroplets: residual helium attached to diatomic cations and their clusters. J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 7010, and references cited therein.
33. F. Ferreira da Silva, P. Waldburger, S. Jaksch, A. Mauracher, S. Denifl, O. Echt, T. D. Märk, P. Scheier,. On the size of ions solvated in helium clusters. Chem.-Eur. J. 2009, 15, 7101.
34. + clusters. J. Chem. Phys. 2007, 127, 134303.
35. C. Leidlmair, Y. Wang, P. Bartl, H. Schöbel, S. Denifl, M. Probst, M. Alcami, F. Martin, H. Zettergren, K. Hansen, O. Echt, P. Scheier,. Structures, energetics, and dynamics of helium adsorbed on isolated fullerene ions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2012, 108, 076101.