Letter: Ion irradiation of the TiO2 polymorphs and cassiterite
Letter: Ion irradiation of the TiO2 polymorphs and cassiterite
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信件:TiO2 多晶型物和锡石的离子辐照
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2010
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P. Baldo
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G. Lumpkin;M. Blackford;Katherine L. Smith;K. Whittle;N. Zaluzec;E. Ryan;P. Baldo
Abstract Thin crystals of rutile, brookite, anatase, and cassiterite were irradiated in situ in the transmission electron microscope using 1.0 MeV Kr ions at 50-300 K. Synthetic rutile and natural cassiterite, with 0.1-0.2 wt% impurities, remain crystalline up to a fluence of 5 × 1015 ions cm-2 without evidence for amorphization at 50 K. Natural brookite and anatase, with 0.3-0.5 wt% impurities, become amorphous at fluences of 8.1 × 1014 and 2.3 × 1014 ions cm-2, respectively. We have also studied two natural rutile samples containing ~1.7 and 1.2 wt% impurities. These samples became amorphous at 9.2 × 1014 and 8.6 × 1014 ions cm-2 at 50 K, respectively. Further analyses of the fluence-temperature data for natural brookite, rutile, and anatase give critical amorphization temperatures of 168 ± 11, 209 ± 8, and 242 ± 6 K, respectively. Results are briefly discussed with respect to several criteria for radiation resistance, including aspects of the structure, bonding, and energetics of defect formation and migration.