Interfaces under ion irradiation: growth and taming of nanostructures |
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Authors: | KH Heinig T Müller B Schmidt M Strobel W Möller |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Research Center Rossendorf, PSF 51 01 19, 01314 Dresden, Germany, DE |
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Abstract: | We have investigated the synthesis of nanostructures, as well as the control of their size and location by means of ion beams.
The phase separation and interface kinetics under ion irradiation give new possibilities for controlling the growth of nanostructures.
Additionally, the chemical decomposition of the host matrix by collisional mixing can contribute to the self-organization
of nanostructures, especially at interfaces. It is shown how collisional mixing during ion implantation affects nanocrystal
(NC) synthesis and how ion irradiation through NCs modifies their size and size distribution. An analytical expression for
solute concentration around an ion-irradiated NC was found, which may be written like the well-known Gibbs–Thomson relation.
However, parameters have modified meanings, which has a significant impact on the evolution of NC ensembles. “Inverse Ostwald
ripening” of NCs, resulting in an unimodal NC size distribution, is predicted, which has been confirmed experimentally for
Au NCs in SiO2 and by kinetic lattice Monte Carlo simulations. At interfaces, the same ion-irradiation-induced mechanism may result in self-organization
of NCs into a thin δ-layer. Collisional decomposition of SiO2 may enhance the NC δ-layer formation in SiO2 at the Si/SiO2 interface. The distance of the self-organized NC δ-layer from the SiO2/Si interface renders the structure interesting for non-volatile memory applications.
Received: 11 November 2002 / Accepted: 12 November 2002 / Published online: 4 April 2003
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Keywords: | PACS: 81 07 -b 64 75 +g 61 82 Rx 05 50 +q |
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