VERY LARGE SPUTTERING YIELDS OF ION-IRRADIATED C-60 FILMS

Authors
ZAWISLAK FC BEHAR M FINK D GRANDE PL DAJORNADA JAH KASCHNY JR
Citation
Fc. Zawislak et al., VERY LARGE SPUTTERING YIELDS OF ION-IRRADIATED C-60 FILMS, Physics letters. A, 226(3-4), 1997, pp. 217-222
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
226
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
217 - 222
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1997)226:3-4<217:VLSYOI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We show that ion irradiation of thin fullerite (C-60) films produces s imultaneously sputtering and compactation. In our experiments both eff ects are separated, and we measure a very large sputtering yield Y = 1 .5 x 10(4) C/ion in C-60 irradiated with 25 keV Xe+ ions at low fluenc e between 5 x 10(11) and 10(12) Xe cm(-2). Y decreases to the amorphou s carbon sputtering yield of 5 C/ion at 10(15) Xe cm(-2).