TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlled growth of silicon nanocrystallites in silicon oxide matrix using 150 MeV Ag ion irradiation
AU - Chaudhari, Prajakta S.
AU - Bhave, Tejashree M.
AU - Pasricha, Renu
AU - Singh, Fouran
AU - Kanjilal, D.
AU - Bhoraskar, S. V.
N1 - Funding Information:
S.V.B. and P.S.C. wish to express thanks to Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi, India, for providing the financial assistance. Tejashree M. Bhave acknowledges CSIR for Research Associateship.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - We report the synthesis of silicon nanocrystals grown in silicon oxide matrix by swift heavy ion irradiation. Thin films of silicon oxide (SiO x) are irradiated with 150 MeV silver ions at fluence varying from 5 × 1011 to 1 × 1013 ions/cm2. The variation in the properties of silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon oxide with varying fluence is studied. The energy of the photoluminescence peak corresponding to the silicon nanocrystals is found to be red shifted with increasing fluence. The trends in the broadening of the X-ray diffraction peak with decreasing fluence supports the controlled growth of silicon nanocrystals in silicon oxide matrix. The crystallite size of nanoclusters of silicon is seen to increase with increasing fluence. The results are discussed in view of the structural transformation, in SiOx matrix, caused by swift heavy ion irradiation.
AB - We report the synthesis of silicon nanocrystals grown in silicon oxide matrix by swift heavy ion irradiation. Thin films of silicon oxide (SiO x) are irradiated with 150 MeV silver ions at fluence varying from 5 × 1011 to 1 × 1013 ions/cm2. The variation in the properties of silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon oxide with varying fluence is studied. The energy of the photoluminescence peak corresponding to the silicon nanocrystals is found to be red shifted with increasing fluence. The trends in the broadening of the X-ray diffraction peak with decreasing fluence supports the controlled growth of silicon nanocrystals in silicon oxide matrix. The crystallite size of nanoclusters of silicon is seen to increase with increasing fluence. The results are discussed in view of the structural transformation, in SiOx matrix, caused by swift heavy ion irradiation.
KW - Oxide matrix
KW - Silicon nanocrystallites
KW - Swift heavy ion irradiation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.04.069
DO - 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.04.069
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:25144469384
SN - 0168-583X
VL - 239
SP - 185
EP - 190
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
IS - 3
ER -