Site-specific fragmentation following C : 1s core-level photoionization of1,1,1-trifluoroethane condensed on a Au surface and of a 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol monolayer chemisorbed on a Si(100) surface
S. Nagaoka et al., Site-specific fragmentation following C : 1s core-level photoionization of1,1,1-trifluoroethane condensed on a Au surface and of a 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol monolayer chemisorbed on a Si(100) surface, J PHYS CH B, 105(8), 2001, pp. 1554-1561
We used photoelectron spectroscopy, the energy-selected-photoelectron photo
ion coincidence (ESPEPICO) method, the Auger electron photoion coincidence
(AEPICO) method, and the ab initio method to study site-specific phenomena
in the C:1s photoionization of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (CF3CH3, TFEt) condens
ed on a Au surface. Site-specific excitation and occurrence of different ch
emical shifts at two carbon sites were evident in the total electron-yield
spectrum and the photoelectron spectrum, and site-specific fragmentation wa
s evident in the ESPEPICO spectrum. The fragmentation processes inferred fr
om the ESPEPICO and AEPICO results were very different from those occurring
in the vapor phase. We also studied the effect of the surface on the site-
specific phenomena observed in a 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFEtOH) monolayer
chemisorbed on a Si(100) surface (CF3CH2OSi{substrate}). The molecular stru
cture of TFEtOH is the same as that of TFEt except that it has a hydroxyl g
roup substituted for one of the hydrogen atoms. Although site-specific phen
omena were also observed in TFEtOH. the fragmentation process was very diff
erent from that of TFEt because of the chemisorption structure of TFEtOH on
Si(100).