Di Palma Tonia Mariarosaria

Researcher

Tel: +39 081 7177 222
Fax: +39 081 239 60 97
E-mail: t.dipalma@im.cnr.it

Topics

Environmental effects of vehicle exhaust
Aerosol formation
Chemical analysis of complex gas mixtures
Cluster VUV photoionization

Projects

Main Scientific Publications

T. M. Di Palma, A. Bende “Vacuum ultraviolet photoionization and ab initio Investigations of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) clusters and MTBE-water clusters” Chemical Physics Letters 561- 562, 18-23, (2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.01.025
Di Palma T.M.; Bende A.; Borghese A. “Photoionisation and structures of jet-formed toluene clusters” Chemical Physics Letters 495, 17-23, (2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.06.053
Di Palma T.M.; Borghese A. “Mass spectrometry of toluene clusters using a laser produced plasma for tunable single photon ionization” Journal of Physics. Conference Series, 182, 012024, (2009) DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/182/1/012024
Di Palma T.M., Prati M.V., Borghese A. “Tunable single-photon ionization TOF mass spectrometry using laser-produced plasma as the table-top VUV light source” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 20, 2192-2198, (2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2009.08.006
T.M. Di Palma, A. Borghese, “Characterization of a UV–VUV light source based on a gas-target ns-laser-produced plasma” Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 254, 193–199, (2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.059
A. Borghese, T.M. Di Palma “Laser-plasma-based vacuum-ultraviolet light source for tunable single-photon ionization” Applied Optics 46 (22), 4948-4953, (2007) DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.004948
T. M. Di Palma, B. Apicella, M. Armenante, R. Velotta, X. Wang, N. Spinelli, “Ion Kinetic Energy Distributions and Cross Sections for the Electron Impact ionization of Ethyl Tert-Butyl Ether”, Chemical Physics Letters 415, 351-356, (2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.09.026
T. M. Di Palma, B. Apicella, M. Armenante, R. Velotta, X. Wang, N. Spinelli, “Dissociative electron impact of methyl tert-butyl ether: total ionization cross section and kinetic energy distributions”, Chemical Physics Letters 400, 191-195, (2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.10.106
Di Palma T, A. Latini, M. Satta, M. Varvesi, A. Giardini “Pulsed laser reactive ablation of Al in ammonia atmosphere: photoionization thresholds and structures of Al(NH3) clusters” Chemical Physics Letters 179-180, 184-190, (1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(97)01406-1
Di Palma T, A. Latini, A. Giardini-Guidoni, A. Mele, S. Piccirillo, V. Marotta, A. Santagata, “Studies on nitridation of laser evaporated III-IV group elements with gaseous ammonia and thin film deposition” Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 122 (3), 415-419, (1997) DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(96)00671-4