Collision-spike sputtering of Au nanoparticles
Abstract
Ion irradiation of nanoparticles leads to enhanced sputter yields if the nanoparticle size is of the order of the ion penetration depth. While this feature is reasonably well understood for collision-cascade sputtering, we explore it in the regime of collision-spike sputtering using molecular-dynamics simulation. For the particular case of 200-keV Xe bombardment of Au particles, we show that collision spikes lead to abundant sputtering with an average yield of 397 ± 121 atoms compared to only 116 ± 48 atoms for a bulk Au target. Only around 31 % of the impact energy remains in the nanoparticles after impact; the remainder is transported away by the transmitted projectile and the ejecta. As a result, the sputter yield of supported nanoparticles is estimated to be around 80 % of that of free nanoparticles due to the suppression of forward sputtering.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern (Germany)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1222631
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1236705
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-21715
Journal ID: ISSN 1931-7573; PII: 1009
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nanoscale Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1931-7573
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; molecular dynamics; sputtering; nanoparticles; clusters; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Sandoval, Luis, and Urbassek, Herbert M. Collision-spike sputtering of Au nanoparticles. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1186/s11671-015-1009-x.
Sandoval, Luis, & Urbassek, Herbert M. Collision-spike sputtering of Au nanoparticles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-1009-x
Sandoval, Luis, and Urbassek, Herbert M. 2015.
"Collision-spike sputtering of Au nanoparticles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-1009-x. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1222631.
@article{osti_1222631,
title = {Collision-spike sputtering of Au nanoparticles},
author = {Sandoval, Luis and Urbassek, Herbert M.},
abstractNote = {Ion irradiation of nanoparticles leads to enhanced sputter yields if the nanoparticle size is of the order of the ion penetration depth. While this feature is reasonably well understood for collision-cascade sputtering, we explore it in the regime of collision-spike sputtering using molecular-dynamics simulation. For the particular case of 200-keV Xe bombardment of Au particles, we show that collision spikes lead to abundant sputtering with an average yield of 397 ± 121 atoms compared to only 116 ± 48 atoms for a bulk Au target. Only around 31 % of the impact energy remains in the nanoparticles after impact; the remainder is transported away by the transmitted projectile and the ejecta. As a result, the sputter yield of supported nanoparticles is estimated to be around 80 % of that of free nanoparticles due to the suppression of forward sputtering.},
doi = {10.1186/s11671-015-1009-x},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1222631},
journal = {Nanoscale Research Letters},
issn = {1931-7573},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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