C. Xu et al., LASER-ABLATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS-SPECTROMETRIC PROBING OF THE SURFACE-STATES OF SIO2-BASED POROUS MATERIALS, Applied physics A: Materials science & processing, 66(1), 1998, pp. 99-102
SiO2-based materials of different porosity and surface states have bee
n studied by time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) under 308 nm ex
cimer laser ablation. Sequences of SiO2-based negative ion clusters [(
SiO2)(n)X](-) are observed and variations of their abundance distribut
ions with sample properties ale studied. The unique roles of surface s
tates in cluster formation are discussed.