Micrometre-sized polymer layers synthesized by MeV ions impinging on frozen methane

Details Micrometre-sized polymer layers synthesized by MeV ions impinging on frozen methane Micrometre-sized polymer layers synthesized by MeV ions impinging on frozen methane

Jul 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984natur.310..126f&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 310, July 12, 1984, p. 126-128.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astrophysics, Energetic Particles, Methane, Polymeric Films, Proton Irradiation, Gold, Ice, Micrometers, Potassium Chlorides, Silicon, Substrates, Thick Films

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There has recently been much experimental and theoretical interest among astrophysicists in the synthesis of complex organic materials (polymers) as a consequence of the energy deposition by external agents on carbon-containing molecular solids such as CH4, C2H6, C3H8, C6H6 and mixtures with CO2, CO, NH3 and H2O. The authors present here the first quantitative results on the rate of production of solid residues, obtained by bombarding thick frozen layers (T ≈ 4K) of methane with 1.5-MeV protons produced at the Catania University van de Graaff accelerator. This process converts the methane molecules to a polymer-like residue which is stable at room temperature and above.

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