Influence of Incident Velocity on the Penetration for C20 Clusters Moving through Oxides

A theoretical model is established to simulate the penetration process of C20 clusters in oxides （Al2O3, SiO2） at different incident velocities. The induced spatial potential by the incident clusters is described by the dielectric response formalism, in which the Mermin-type dielectric function is adopted to provide a realistic evaluation of the electronic properties of the oxides. The charge distribution of individual ions is derived by using the Brandt-Kitagawa effective charge model, also under the consideration of the asymmetric influence from the wake potential. The stopping power of the clusters and the Coulomb explosion processes are derived by solving the motion equation of the individual ions, when taking into account the multiple scattering effect simulated by using the Monte Carlo method. It is found that the dynamical interaction potential between ions leads to a spatial asymmetry to the cluster structure and the charge distribution for high velocity clusters, and will not be in effect as the incident velocities decrease.

Influence of Incident Velocity on the Penetration for C20 Clusters Moving through Oxides