Fast Molecular Compression by a Hyperthermal Collision Gives Bond-Selective Mechanochemistry

Lukas Krumbein, Kelvin Anggara, Martina Stella +11

Using electrospray ion beam deposition, we collide the complex molecule Reichardt's Dye (C41H30NO+) at low, hyperthermal translational energy (2-50 eV) with a Cu(100) surface and i…