K. Baudin et al., SPUTTERING OF LARGE-SIZE CLUSTERS FROM SOLIDS BOMBARDED BY HIGH-ENERGY CLUSTER IONS AND FULLERENES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 112(1-4), 1996, pp. 59-63
It is shown that polyatomic ions at high energy (MeV) are able to emit
large size cluster ions with a high yield when they bombard solid sur
faces. Results on sputtering of clusters ejected from inorganic and or
ganic targets as well as sputtering of C-n(-) clusters from carbon foi
ls are presented. Gold cluster Au-n, carbon cluster C-n and C-60 in th
e energy range from 2 to 20 MeV were used as projectiles.