Bond-Breaking Efficiency of High-Energy Ions in Ultrathin Polymer Films

R Thomaz, Pierre Louette, G Hoff, S Müller, J J Pireaux, C Trautmann, R M Papaléo

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Thin films of poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(vinyl chloride) of different thickness are used to investigate the effect of spatial confinement on the efficiency of bond breaking induced by 2 MeV H^{+} and 2.1 GeV Bi ions. Effective cross sections for oxygen and chlorine loss are extracted for films down to a thickness of about 5 nm and are compared to theoretical estimations based on radial energy density profiles simulated with geant-dna. The cross sections are to a large extent thickness independent, indicating that bond breaking is dominated by short-range processes. This is in contrast to the strongly reduced efficiencies found recently for cratering induced by high-energy ions in similar ultrathin polymer films [Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 118302 (2015)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.114.118302].

langue originaleAnglais
Nombre de pages5
journalPhysical review letters
Volume121
Numéro de publication6
Les DOIs
Etat de la publicationPublié - 2018

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