Precipitation of nanometer scale Zn crystalline particles in ZnO-B2O3-SiO2glass during electron irradiation

Citation
N. Jiang et al., Precipitation of nanometer scale Zn crystalline particles in ZnO-B2O3-SiO2glass during electron irradiation, APPL PHYS L, 77(24), 2000, pp. 3956-3958
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
77
Issue
24
Year of publication
2000
Pages
3956 - 3958
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(200012)77:24<3956:PONSZC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
In this letter, we report precipitation of nanometer scale Zn crystalline p articles in Zn borosilicate glass induced by 100 keV electron irradiation. Nanometer Zn crystalline particles precipitate rapidly in the glass under h igh intensity electron irradiation. A double ionization mechanism is propos ed in interpretation of the formation of Zn particles. Thermal effects are less important than ionization interactions. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)03151-X].