Structural stability of Cu nanocrystals in SiO 2 exposed to high-energy ion irradiation

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2006

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Johannessen, Bernt
Kluth, Patrick
Glover, Christopher
Kluth, Susan
Foran, Garry J
Cookson, D J
Llewellyn, David
Ridgway, Mark C

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Elsevier

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Cu nanocrystals (NCs) were synthesized in SiO2 by ion implantation and thermal annealing. Annealing at two different temperatures of 950 °C and 650 °C yielded two different nanocrystal size distributions with an average diameter of 8.1 and 2.5 nm, respe

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Keywords: Annealing; Copper; Crystal atomic structure; Ion implantation; Metallic films; Silica; X ray scattering; Bulk elemental metals; Nanocrystals; Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS); X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy; Nanostructured materia EXAFS; Ion implantation; Nanocrystals; SAXS

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B

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