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Ion-Irradiation-Induced Densification of Zirconia Sol -Gel Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Timothy E. Levine ,
Emmanuel P. Giannelis ,
Padma Kodali ,
Joseph Tesmer ,
Michael Nastasi  and
James W. Mayer
Timothy E. Levine
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ithaca, NY 14853
Emmanuel P. Giannelis
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ithaca, NY 14853
Padma Kodali
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Materials Sci. and Tech. Div., Los Alamos, NM 87545
Joseph Tesmer
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Materials Sci. and Tech. Div., Los Alamos, NM 87545
Michael Nastasi
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Materials Sci. and Tech. Div., Los Alamos, NM 87545
James W. Mayer
Affiliation:
Arizona State Univeristy, Dept. of Chem., Bio, and Materials. Eng., Tempe, AZ 85278
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Abstract

We have investigated the densification behavior of sol-gel zirconia films resulting from ion irradiation. Three sets of films were implanted with neon, krypton, or xenon. The ion energies were chosen to yield approximately constant energy loss through the film and the doses were chosen to yield similar nuclear energy deposition. Ion irradiation of the sol-gel films resulted in carbon and hydrogen loss as indicated by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and forward recoil energy spectroscopy. Although the densification was hypothesized to result from target atom displacement, the observed densification exhibits a stronger dependence on electronic energy deposition.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 316: Symposium A – Materials Synthesis and Processing Using Ion Beams , 1993 , 99
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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