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Dynamically stable nanostructures in heavyion implanted silica glass

3/28/2016 2016 - #02 Nuclear materials

Plaksin O.A.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2016.2.02

UDC: 539.1.043

Search and characterization of the structures stable under irradiation are critical issues of radiation materials science, in particular, it is so in respect to radiation resistance of the structure materials and diagnostic-system materials necessary in nuclear engineering.

Optical measurements during heavy-ion implantation of insulators allow researchers to find the states of structure that are dynamically stable under irradiation.

In this paper consisting of two chapters, previously reported experimental data have been used for kinetic analysis of the dynamically stable structure formation under implantation of 60 keV Au– or Cu– ions into silica glass.

The kinetics has been analyzed in the frame of the one-dimensional model of evolution of the implant depth distribution, with taking into account the surface recession due to sputtering, as is also, with considering the local implant production, drift and diffusion.

The kinetic analysis has shown that the maximum number of implanted atoms retained in the irradiated substrate (maximum retained ion fluence) is independent of detailed ion- range distribution.

The maximum retained ion fluence depends on ratios between the following quantities: the ion flux, the mean projectile range, the surface recession rate, the implant drift velocity and the implant diffusion coefficient.

In the first chapter, a method has been proposed for evaluation of the surface recession’s role in the saturation kinetics.

In this method, the maximum retained ion fluence is calculated from experimental data on surface recession, and then the calculated result is compared to the ion fluence corresponding to the observed saturation. Estimations conducted for 60 keV Au– ion implantation of silica glass have shown that the surface recession predominates in the saturation kinetics.

Surface recession does not dominate for 60 keV Cu– ion implantation of silica glass. Formation of dynamically stable structures during 60 keV Cu– ion implantation of silica glass cannot be explained if the drift of implants is excluded from considerations.

Considerations in the second chapter have shown that the drift’s contribution increases with increasing the ion flux. A mechanism of depleted region formation in the dynamically stable structures has been demonstrated. According to this mechanism, formation of a depleted region within the implanted layer is caused by expelling effect of electric field from the region where the electric field is zero. Necessary drift velocity is provided by Cu+ solutes. A method utilizing images of the dynamically stable structures has been proposed for evaluation of the implant drift’s role in the saturation kinetics.

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Link for citing the article: Plaksin O.A. Dynamically stable nanostructures in heavyion implanted silica glass. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika. 2016, no. 2, pp. 17-25; DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2016.2.02 (in Russian).

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