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Nano-cluster engineering: A combined ion implantation/co-deposition and ionizing radiation
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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:58 authored by D Ila, R L Zimmerman, C I Muntele, P Thevenard, Fedja OrucevicFedja Orucevic, C L Santamaria, P S Guichard, S Schiestel, C A Carosella, G K Hubler, D B Poker, D K HensleyWe have used the energy deposited due to the electronic excitation by post-implantation irradiation to induce the nucleation of nano-clusters of Au in silica. We have produced the Au/silica by two methods. (A) MeV An implantation into silica, (B) producing thin films of a combined Art and silica on a silica substrate, using co-deposition of gold and silica. The process of ion beam assisted nucleation of nano-clusters was used to reduce the threshold implantation dose, or the An concentration in the silica host, required to produce An nano-crystals by at least two orders of magnitude. In this presentation, we applied a similar technique, post-irradiation electronic excitation, to films produced by both ion implantation of Au into silica as well as to films produced using co-deposition of gold and silica. By a co-deposition technique, gold and silica (co-deposited at various concentrations) are grown, then post-irradiated. The resultant An nano-cluster formation was observed and Studied using optical spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction. RBS and TEM.
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Publication status
- Published
Journal
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and AtomsISSN
0168-583XPublisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
Issue
1-4Volume
191Page range
416-421Department affiliated with
- Physics and Astronomy Publications
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