Coulomb Explosion of Transition Metal Oxides

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Abstract

Intense femtosecond pulses of light (624 nm) are employed to investigate the formation of high charge states and kinetic energy release (KER) from the Coulomb explosion of various transition metal oxide clusters. A molecular dynamics simulation is used to predict KER values for the ground state structures of the representative species as determined by density functional theory calculations.

Authors

  • D.E. Blumling

    Penn State University

  • S.G. Sayres

    Penn State University

  • A. Welford Castleman, Jr.

    Penn State University, Pennsylvania State University, The Pennsylvania State University