Issue 5, 2022

Fragmentation dynamics of doubly charged camphor molecule following C 1s Auger decay

Abstract

The fragmentation dynamics of the gas-phase, doubly charged camphor molecule, formed by Auger decay following carbon 1s ionisation, using soft X-ray synchrotron radiation, is presented in this work. The technique of velocity map imaging combined with a photoelectron–photoion–photoion coincidence (VMI-PEPIPICO) is used for both electron energy and ion momentum (in-sequence) measurements. The experimental study is complemented by molecular dynamics simulation, performed with an NVT (moles, volume, and temperature) ensemble. Velocity Verlet algorithms were used for time integration at various internal energies. These simulations validate observed dissociation pathways. From these, we successfully deduce that the internal energy of the doubly charged molecular ion has a significant contribution to the fragmentation mechanism. Notably, a prominent signature of the internal energy was observed in the experimentally determined energies of the neutral fragment in these deferred charge separation pathways, entailing a more detailed theoretical study to uncover the exact dissociation dynamics.

Graphical abstract: Fragmentation dynamics of doubly charged camphor molecule following C 1s Auger decay

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 noy 2021
Accepted
17 yan 2022
First published
25 yan 2022

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 2944-2957

Fragmentation dynamics of doubly charged camphor molecule following C 1s Auger decay

S. Sen, S. Mandal, A. Sen, R. Gopal, L. Ben Ltaief, S. Turchini, D. Catone, N. Zema, M. Coreno, R. Richter, M. Mudrich, S. R. Krishnan and V. Sharma, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 2944 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP05176H

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