Citation
G. Plumereau et al., Probing overheatings under microprobe irradiation via Zn vaporisation, NUCL INST B, 149(1-2), 1999, pp. 153-166
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
ISSN journal
0168583X
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Volume
149
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
153 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(199901)149:1-2<153:POUMIV>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A thin layer of ZnO0.3 deposited on a SiO2 glass substrate was irradiated w
ith a 2 MeV alpha microbeam. The disappearance of ZnO0.3 in the neighbourho
od of the beam was registered in situ. We quantitatively account for this b
ehaviour in the framework of a very simple vaporisation model based both up
on the local temperature increase resulting from the microbeam itself and u
pon the variation of the Zn vapour pressure with the local temperature. Oth
er possible explanations are briefly discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B
.V. All rights reserved.