title: Excitation of vibrational quanta in furfural by intermediate-energy electrons.
abstract: We report cross sections for electron-impact excitation of vibrational quanta in furfural, at intermediate incident electron energies (20, 30, and 40 eV). The present differential cross sections are measured over the scattered electron angular range 10°-90°, with corresponding integral cross sections subsequently being determined. Furfural is a viable plant-derived alternative to petrochemicals, being produced via low-temperature plasma treatment of biomass. Current yields, however, need to be significantly improved, possibly through modelling, with the present cross sections being an important component of such simulations. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other cross sections for vibrational excitation of furfural available in the literature, so the present data are valuable for this important molecule.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia.
authors.forename: R F C
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: M C A
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin," Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-859 São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M T do N
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Varella
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: M H F
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bettega
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin," Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-859 São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M A P
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid E-28040, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Brunger