Ion-Induced Damage Accumulation and Electron-Beam-Enhanced Recrystallization in SrTiO3
Damage accumulation in strontium titanate (SrTiO3) from 1.0 MeV Au irradiation has been investigated at temperatures from 150 to 400 K. The relative disorder on the Sr and Ti sublattices at the damage peak has been determined as a function of local dose and temperature. A disorder accumulation model has been fit to data from this study and from the literature, indicating that defect-stimulated amorphization is the primary amorphization mechanism up to ~360 K. High-dose irradiation at 400 K leads to formation of an amorphous surface layer. Analyses of the temperature dependence for amorphization indicate that the amorphization kinetics are consistent with irradiation-enhanced and thermal recovery processes with activation energies of 0.1 eV and 0.7 eV, respectively. Under 200 keV electron-beam irradiation, the epitaxial recrystallization rates are orders of magnitude higher than thermal rates, and an activation energy of 0.1 eV is determined for the e-beam enhanced recrystallization processes.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 15020628
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-44099; 3448; KC0201020; TRN: US0504633
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 72(9):094112, 1-8, Vol. 72, Issue 9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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