Abstract
Dissociation of trinitrotoluene (TNT) sorbed on porous silicon (pSi) surface under UV laser irradiation has been studied. A method based on ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) has been used in this study. Excitation and ionization of TNT molecules has been occurred at atmospheric pressure. A dependence of TNT ion spectrum on standing time of TNT molecules on pSi surface has been demonstrated. The ion type has changed from (TNT-H) – to (TNT-NO2) – which indicates a slow chemical reaction between pSi surface and TNT molecules. The first step of (TNT-NO2) – formation has been found to be a result of laser stimulated surface dissociation and subsequent desorption of a neutral TNT-NO2 fragment. The second step of (TNT-NO2) – formation is a capture of an electron emitted from the pSi surface under laser irradiation. The result of this study could be used in the area of explosive detection.
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