“…This effect, termed as Coulomb explosion, is observed in channeling configuration as an enhancement of the backscattering yield dechanneling when compared to atomic ions. This and other effects, as the alignment of the clusters under the effect of the electrons plasma wake, 29 vicinage, or the coherent dynamic response by the target electrons in the presence of correlated ions 3 or the alteration of the chargestate equilibrium in the presence of molecular ions, 30 have induced a vast amount of research on molecular clusters, 31 from theoretical and experimental approaches, not only because of the intrinsic interest of correlated motion of particles in a crystalline lattice and in particular their effect on the stopping power of ions but also due to their practical applications: for inertial confinement fusion in large scale facilities; 32,33 as mentioned above, for direct imaging the structure of molecules, which in contrast to traditional techniques allows the study of excited states and photochemical dynamics; 5,6,15,16 as well as the modification of materials at a nanometer scale. 7,34,35 In spite of all this research carried out up to now on the Coulomb explosion, to our knowledge, the Coulomb explosion has not been used to understand such a basic aspect of the ion-solid interaction as the process of the electron's stripping of the impinging ions.…”