Laser ablation of bicomponent systems: A probe of molecular ejection mechanisms

@article{Yingling2001LaserAO,
  title={Laser ablation of bicomponent systems: A probe of molecular ejection mechanisms},
  author={Yaroslava G. Yingling and Leonid V. Zhigilei and Barbara J Garrison and Antonis Koubenakis and John Labrakis and Savas K. Georgiou},
  journal={Applied Physics Letters},
  year={2001},
  volume={78},
  pages={1631-1633}
}
A combined experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study of laser ablation of a model bicomponent system with solutes of different volatility provides a consistent picture of the mechanisms of material ejection. The comparison of the ejection yields shows that there are two distinct regimes of molecular ejection, desorption at low laser fluences, and a collective ejection of a volume of material or ablation at higher fluences. Ejection of volatile solutes dominates in the desorption… Expand
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