Surface nanostructuring by ion-induced localized plasma expansion in zinc oxide

A. S. El-Said; W. M. Moslem; M. Djebli

doi:10.1063/1.4883401

Surface nanostructuring by ion-induced localized plasma expansion in zinc oxide

A. S. El-Said^*, W. M. Moslem, M. Djebli

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Creation of hillock-like nanostructures on the surface of zinc oxide single crystals by irradiation with slow highly charged ions is reported. At constant kinetic energy, the nanostructures were only observed after irradiation with ions of potential energies above a threshold between 19.1 keV and 23.3 keV. The size of the nanostructures increases as a function of potential energy. A plasma expansion approach is used to explain the nanostructures creation. The calculations showed that the surface nanostructures became taller with the increase of ionic temperature. The influence of charged cluster formation and the relevance of their polarity are discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	231609
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	104
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4883401
State	Published - 9 Jun 2014

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