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Ion-impact-induced multifragmentation of liquid droplets

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An instability of a liquid droplet traversed by an energetic ion is explored theoretically. This instability is brought about by the predicted shock wave induced by the ion. An observation of multifragmentation of small droplets traversed by ions with high linear energy transfer is suggested to demonstrate the existence of shock waves. A number of effects are analysed in effort to find the conditions for such an experiment to be signifying. The presence of shock waves crucially affects the scenario of radiation damage with ions since the shock waves significantly contribute to the thermomechanical damage of biomolecules as well as the transport of reactive species. While the scenario has been upheld by analyses of biological experiments, the shock waves have not yet been observed directly, regardless of a number of ideas of experiments to detect them were exchanged at conferences.

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  1. Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309, USA

    Eugene Surdutovich

  2. Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    Alexey Verkhovtsev

  3. MBN Research Center, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Eugene Surdutovich, Alexey Verkhovtsev & Andrey V. Solov’yov

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Contribution to the Topical Issue “Dynamics of Systems at the Nanoscale”, edited by Andrey Solov’yov and Andrei Korol.

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Surdutovich, E., Verkhovtsev, A. & Solov’yov, A.V. Ion-impact-induced multifragmentation of liquid droplets. Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 285 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80121-y

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