Ion beam shaping of embedded metal nanoparticles by Si+ ion irradiation |
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Authors: | S. Balaji B. K. Panigrahi K. Saravanan C. David S. Amirthapandian S. Kalavathi K. G. M. Nair René Hübner |
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Affiliation: | 1. Material Science Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 603 102, India 2. Ion Beam Center, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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Abstract: | Fine Co and Pt nanoparticles are nucleated when a silica sample is implanted with 400 keV Co+ and 1370 keV Pt+ ions. At the implanted range, Co and Pt react to form small Co x Pt(1?x) nanoparticles during Si+ ion irradiation at 300 °C. Thermal annealing of the pre-implanted silica substrate at 1000 °C results in the formation of spherical nanoparticles of various sizes. When irradiated with Si+ ions at 300 °C, particles in the size range of 5–17 nm undergo rod-like shape transformation with an elongation in the direction of the incident ion beam, while those particles in the size range of 17–26 nm turn into elliptical shape. Moreover, it is suspected that very big nanoparticles (size >26 nm) decrease in size, while small nanoparticles (size <5 nm) do not undergo any transformation. During Si+ ion irradiation, the crystalline nature of the nanoparticles is preserved. The results are discussed in the light of the thermal spike model. |
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