The ion-deposited energy formulas and their applications for the interaction of various energetic ions with carbon nanostructures

TL;DR

This study uses Monte Carlo simulations to derive formulas for ion energy deposition in carbon nanostructures, revealing how nuclear effects influence damage patterns and identifying a linear relationship in threshold energies for noble gas ions.

Contribution

The paper introduces new ion-deposited energy formulas based on MC simulations and uncovers the first linear relationship of threshold energies for energetic noble gas ions.

Findings

Derived ion-deposited energy formulas for noble gas ions

Identified the dominant nuclear charge effects near threshold energies

Discovered a straight line in the threshold energies for noble gas ions

Abstract

Based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of the interaction of energetic noble gas ions with carbon nanostructures, we have derived the ion-deposited energy formulas and their applications for the above interaction. We also have studied the nuclear point mass effects i.e. the well-known mass ratio effects, and the nuclear point charge effects on the ion-deposited energy then the damage regularities. In particular, we, for first time, find a straight line of the penetrating point threshold energies for energetic noble gas ions. Near this straight line, the nuclear point charge effects dominate the ion-deposited energy then the damage regularities.