The cluster species effect on the noble gas cluster interaction with solid surfaces

The effect of noble gas cluster species on the cluster interaction with solid surfaces was investigated. Processes of Ar, Kr and Xe clusters interaction with Cu and Mo surfaces were studied using molecular dynamics simulations. It is shown that lighter cluster front atoms undergo more backscattering from surface atoms, causing more intense multiple collisions between cluster atoms. This affects cluster penetration, energy exchange between the cluster and surface atoms, and cluster thermalization. The influence of energy per cluster atom on these effects is discussed.The effect of noble gas cluster species on the cluster interaction with solid surfaces was investigated. Processes of Ar, Kr and Xe clusters interaction with Cu and Mo surfaces were studied using molecular dynamics simulations. It is shown that lighter cluster front atoms undergo more backscattering from surface atoms, causing more intense multiple collisions between cluster atoms. This affects cluster penetration, energy exchange between the cluster and surface atoms, and cluster thermalization. The influence of energy per cluster atom on these effects is discussed.Peer reviewe

He ion irradiation effects on multiwalled carbon nanotubes structure

Samples of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were irradiated with 80 keV He ions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) inspection showed that the average outer diameters of the tube decreased as a result of ion irradiation. The samples were also characterized using Raman spectrometry by analysis of the intensity of main bands in the spectra of virgin and irradiated MWNT samples. Modifications of the disorder mode (D-band) and the tangential mode (G-band) were studied as a function of irradiation fluences. Raman spectra showed that as the fluence increases, the MWNTs first show disorder due to the produced defects, and then amorphization under still higher fluence of ion irradiation. Thermal and athermal mechanisms of the radiation induced MWNTs modifications are discussed

Influence of the Charge State of Xenon Ions on the Depth Distribution Profile Upon Implantation into Silicon

Abstract: Experimental depth distributions of the concentration of implanted xenon ions depending on their charge state and irradiation energy are presented. Xenon ions in charge states q = 1–20 and energies in the range from 50 to 400 keV are incorporated into single-crystal silicon. Irradiation is performed in the direction not coinciding with the crystallographic axes of the crystal to avoid the channeling effect. The ion fluence varies in the range of 5 × (1014–1015) ion/cm2. The irradiation by singly charged ions and investigation of the samples by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy is performed using an HVEE acceleration complex at Moscow State University. Multiply charged ions are implanted using a FAMA acceleration complex at the Vinća Institute of Nuclear Sciences. The depth distribution profiles of the incorporated ions are found using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. Experimental results are correlated with computer calculations. It is shown that the average projective path of multiply charged ions in most cases is shorter when compared with the average projected path of singly charged ions and the results of computer modeling. © 2019, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd

Structural and magnetic studies of TiO<inf>2</inf> rutile implanted with vanadium ions

© 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd. Single crystal (100) and (001) TiO2 rutile plates were implanted with vanadium 40 keV ions to the fluence of 1.5 × 1017 ion cm-2. A set of samples was also annealed at high-temperature in air to restore oxygen stoichiometric content and recover the TiO2 lattice structure after the high-dose ion implantation. In addition, a control set of TiO2 rutile plates was implanted with 40 keV argon ions to the same fluence to explore the effect of radiation-induced defects on magnetic properties. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) measurements were carried out to characterize the structural and magnetic properties of the vanadium-implanted TiO2. Both as-implanted and subsequently annealed V-TiO2 samples reveal ferromagnetic response at room temperature. Strong ferromagnetism observed in the vanadium- implanted (001) TiO2 plates is related to the substitutional V4+ ions coupled by the indirect exchange via electrons trapped at oxygen vacancies, while much weaker ferromagnetism in the (100)-oriented plates and the Ar-implanted samples is attributed to lattice defects induced by the high-dose ion irradiation. Suppression of the ferromagnetic response in the vanadium-implanted (001) TiO2 after the thermal treatment is explained by filling in the oxygen vacancies due to oxygen diffusion during annealing in air atmosphere

Monitoring of Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Plasma and High Energy Charge Particle Fluxes in Multi-satellite Measurements in Wide Range of Altitudes

A system for monitoring the radiation parameters of near-Earth space is described. This system is based on the multi-satellite measurements made on spacecraft Meteor, Electro, Arktika launched into orbits with a wide range of altitudes. The main instrument for space radiation monitoring is spectrometer of electrons and protons SKIF. Such instruments operate in all spacecraft of mentioned above series. The results of observations of different events connected with solar and geomagnetic activity in 2017 and 2021 years are presented and discussed