Study on Desorption Mechanism and Thermal Stability of OTS Coatings as
an Anti-relaxation Material
Abstract
This research explores the desorption mechanism and thermal stability of
octadecyl trichlorosilane (OTS,
CH3(CH2)17SiCl3)
coating on quartz slides and in alkali-metal vapor cells. We measured
systematically the morphological thermal-changes, energy dissipation
diversity and anti-relaxation characteristic of OTS coatings before and
after exposure to Cs atoms by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
(FTIR), water contact angle measurement, atomic force microscopy (AFM)
imaging, collision energy dissipation analysis, and free induction decay
(FID) of Cs atoms. The results show that the OTS coatings exhibit the
best thermal stability under the specific process conditions, and the
homogeneous and dense structure makes the adsorption of alkali metal
atoms more stable, which effectively reduces surface energy dissipation
and prolongs the relaxation time of Cs atoms. The study provides certain
reference for efficient anti-relaxation coating fabrication and coated
cell application.