Nanohillock formation by impact of small low-energy clusters with surfaces

Popok, Vladimir,1966Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology (author)

Results on nanoscale structuring of different substrates (silicon, pyrolytic graphite, indium-tin-oxide) using clusters from 20 to 100 atoms in size formed from gaseous precursors (O2, N2, Ar) at relatively low impact energy up to 15 keV are presented. Images of the substrate surfaces after cluster collisions obtained using atomic force microscopy (AFM) show the formation of hillocks from a few to 15 nm height with a basal diameter from 50 to 300 nm depending on implantation conditions. The shape and size of the structures are found to be a function of the cluster size and species, implantation energy, impact angle and the type of substrate. A model explaining the hillock formation is discussed.

Prasalovich, Sergei,1976Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysik (GU),Department of Physics (GU),University of Gothenburg (author)
Campbell, Eleanor E B,1960Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för fysik (GU),Department of Physics (GU),University of Gothenburg(Swepub:gu)xcamel (author)
Chalmers tekniska högskolaInstitutionen för fysik (GU) (creator_code:org_t)

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NATURAL SCIENCES: NATURAL SCIENCES; and Physical Science ...; and Atom and Molecul ...

NATURAL SCIENCES: NATURAL SCIENCES; and Physical Science ...; and Condensed Matter ...

By the university: University of Gothenburg; Chalmers University of Technology

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