Abstract
Relationships between chemical short-range order and volume swelling of amorphous silicon carbide (SiC) under radiation environments have been examined using energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy in combination with imaging plate techniques. Single crystals of 4H SiC with (0001) orientation were irradiated with 300keV xenon ions to a fluence of 1015cm-2 at cryogenic (120K) and elevated (373K) temperatures. A continuous amorphous layer was formed in both specimens, but the magnitude of their volume change was different: volume swelling becomes more pronounced with decreasing irradiation temperatures. From radial distribution function analyses, it was found that the amount of Si Si atomic pairs increases more rapidly than that of C C atomic pairs with the progress of chemical disordering. We discuss the ion-beam-induced swelling in amorphous SiC within the context of our results as well as previous observations.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 024116 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 Jul 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Volume swelling of amorphous SiC during ion-beam irradiation. / Ishimaru, Manabu; Bae, In Tae; Hirata, Akihiko; Hirotsu, Yoshihiko; Valdez, James A.; Sickafus, Kurt E.
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T1 - Volume swelling of amorphous SiC during ion-beam irradiation
AU - Ishimaru, Manabu
AU - Bae, In Tae
AU - Hirata, Akihiko
AU - Hirotsu, Yoshihiko
AU - Valdez, James A.
AU - Sickafus, Kurt E.
PY - 2005/7/1
Y1 - 2005/7/1
N2 - Relationships between chemical short-range order and volume swelling of amorphous silicon carbide (SiC) under radiation environments have been examined using energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy in combination with imaging plate techniques. Single crystals of 4H SiC with (0001) orientation were irradiated with 300keV xenon ions to a fluence of 1015cm-2 at cryogenic (120K) and elevated (373K) temperatures. A continuous amorphous layer was formed in both specimens, but the magnitude of their volume change was different: volume swelling becomes more pronounced with decreasing irradiation temperatures. From radial distribution function analyses, it was found that the amount of Si Si atomic pairs increases more rapidly than that of C C atomic pairs with the progress of chemical disordering. We discuss the ion-beam-induced swelling in amorphous SiC within the context of our results as well as previous observations.
AB - Relationships between chemical short-range order and volume swelling of amorphous silicon carbide (SiC) under radiation environments have been examined using energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy in combination with imaging plate techniques. Single crystals of 4H SiC with (0001) orientation were irradiated with 300keV xenon ions to a fluence of 1015cm-2 at cryogenic (120K) and elevated (373K) temperatures. A continuous amorphous layer was formed in both specimens, but the magnitude of their volume change was different: volume swelling becomes more pronounced with decreasing irradiation temperatures. From radial distribution function analyses, it was found that the amount of Si Si atomic pairs increases more rapidly than that of C C atomic pairs with the progress of chemical disordering. We discuss the ion-beam-induced swelling in amorphous SiC within the context of our results as well as previous observations.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.024116
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.024116
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VL - 72
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 0163-1829
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