Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.106, No.9, 3466-3472, 1997
Photoion Spectra of C-60 Molecules at Resonance Excitation and Ionization Energies Near the C-1S Edge
Photoionization dynamics of gas-phase C-60 molecules after selective excitation with synchrotron radiation has been studied with time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The energy level scheme deduced from previous photoelectron and Auger electron spectra is used to analyze the photoion data. At the vicinity of pi* pre-edge resonances the fragmentation of multiply-charged ions varies strongly as a function of photon energy. The C-60(+) ion yield decreases slowly after Is threshold indicating that the slow photoelectrons can get recaptured. Somewhat further above the threshold the enhanced relative fragmentation of the parent C-60(+) ions suggests excitation of the giant plasmon resonance due to 20 eV photoelectrons.
Keywords:RAY-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;SOLID C-60;MAX-LAB;PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY;FINNISH BEAMLINE;RARE-GASES;CARBON;C60;BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE;MONOCHROMATOR