Surface diffusion of tungsten adatoms induced by low-energy bombardment with He atoms |
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Authors: | Oksana V. Dudka Vjacheslav A. Ksenofontov Alexei A. Mazilov Tatjana I. Mazilova Evgenij V. Sadanov |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Low Temperatures and Condensed State, National Scientific Center, Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov, Ukraine;2. Department of Radiation Interactions with Matter, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod, Russia |
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Abstract: | Using low-temperature field ion microscope techniques, we studied at the atomic level the elementary events of radiation-induced surface diffusion of tungsten adatoms on the ideally pristine surface. The experiments on surface-damage formation and adatom displacements have been performed in situ with a source of neutral helium atoms with an energy of 5?keV. It was demonstrated that the low-energy He atomic bombardment at grazing incidence was able to induce a substantial surface mobility of adatoms. Most of the radiation-induced adatom displacements were oriented along the direction of irradiation. The long impact-induced jumps of adatoms, spanning more than a nearest-neighbor distance, were revealed. Performed molecular dynamics simulations reproduce the general experimental trends and conclusions. |
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Keywords: | Surface defects adatoms field ion microscopy surface diffusion ion bombardment tungsten |
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