Non-Stueckelberg oscillatory behavior in ion-solid charge transfer

Discrete charge transfer in nanoparticle solid films

A brief overview of the recent progress in single electron transfer (SET) in nanoparticle solid films is presented. In these studies, Langmuir-based techniques were employed to control the interparticle interactions, and the ensemble conductivity was evaluated by electrochemical measurements. Deliberate manipulation of the ensemble structure and temperature led to the optimization of the conduc...

Ion-induced formation of charge-transfer states in conjugated polyelectrolytes.

We use time-resolved optical spectroscopy to demonstrate that the luminescence quenching observed when ions are incorporated in films of conjugated polymers can be explained by the formation of charge-transfer (CT) states that are stabilized by the Coulomb field of ions. Our investigation is focused on a conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) derived from F8BT (poly(9,9'-dioctylfluorene-alt-benzothia...

Tuning Charge Transfer in Ion-Surface Collisions at Hyperthermal Energies.

Charge exchange in ion-surface collisions may be influenced by surface adsorbates to alter the charge state of the scattered projectiles. We show here that the positive-ion yield, observed during ion scattering on metal surfaces at low incident energies, is greatly enhanced by adsorbing electronegative species onto the surface. Specifically, when beams of N(+) and O(+) ions are scattered off of...

Energy Transfer in Ion– and Laser–Solid Interactions

Energy Transfer in Solid Argon during Ion Bombardment

Solid argon is a model system for studies of radiative and nonradiative processes associated with electronic excitation by MeV light ion bombardment. The electronic excited states, excitons and excimers, have been extensively studied in this material and careful studies have also been made of the ejection (sputtering) of atoms from the surface. The sputtering requires transfer of energy from el...