Synergistically-enhanced ion track formation in pre-damaged strontium titanate by energetic heavy ions

Xue, Haizhou; Zarkadoula, Eva; Sachan, Ritesh; Zhang, Yanwen; Trautmann, Christina; Weber, William J.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2018.03.027

Synergistically-enhanced ion track formation in pre-damaged strontium titanate by energetic heavy ions

Journal Article · Tue Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.03.027· OSTI ID:1432154

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Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt (Germany); Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division

Latent ion tracks created by energetic heavy ions (12 MeV Ti to 946 MeV Au) in single crystal SrTiO₃ are investigated in this paper using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and scanning transmission electron microscopy. The results demonstrate that pre-existing irradiation damage, introduced via elastic collision processes, interacts synergistically with the electronic energy deposition from energetic heavy ions to enhance formation of latent ion tracks. The average amorphous cross-section increases with the level of pre-damage and is linearly proportional to the electronic energy loss of the ions, with a slope dependent on the pre-damage level. For the highest energy ions (629 MeV Xe and 946 MeV Au), the tracks are continuous over the pre-damaged depth, but become discontinuous beyond the pre-damaged region. Finally, this work provides new understanding and insights on ion-solid interactions that significantly impact the interpretation of latent track formation processes, models of amorphization, and the fabrication of electro-ceramic devices.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1432154

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22744571

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Vol. 150; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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