Au-Cu alloy nanoclusters in silica formed by ion implantation and annealing in reducing or oxidizing atmosphere

Authors
Gonella, F Mattei, G Mazzoldi, P Sada, C Battaglin, G Cattaruzza, E
Citation
F. Gonella et al., Au-Cu alloy nanoclusters in silica formed by ion implantation and annealing in reducing or oxidizing atmosphere, APPL PHYS L, 75(1), 1999, pp. 55-57
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
55 - 57
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(19990705)75:1<55:AANISF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The formation of binary alloy clusters in sequentially ion-implanted Au-Cu silica glass has been studied as a function of the annealing atmosphere. Al loy formation has been unambiguously evidenced in the as-implanted samples. The selective influence on Au precipitation of either oxygen or hydrogen a nnealing atmosphere leads to separation of gold and copper or to Au-Cu allo y cluster formation, respectively. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)03727-4].