Coincidence study of core-ionized adamantane: site-sensitivity within a carbon cage?

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2022 Dec 7;24(47):28994-29003. doi: 10.1039/d2cp04426a.

Abstract

We investigate the fragmentation dynamics of adamantane dications produced after core-ionization at the carbon edge followed by Auger decay. The combination of high-resolution electron spectroscopy, energy-resolved electron-ion multi-coincidence spectroscopy and different theoretical models allows us to give a complete characterization of the processes involved after ionization. We show that energy- and site-sensitivity is observed even for a highly-symmetric molecule that lacks any unique atomic site.