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Ion Induced Crystallization and Growth of Nanoscale Grains in Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

A. R. Pannikkat
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853
P. Børgesen
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853
D. A. Lilienfeld
Affiliation:
Cornell University, National Nanofabrication Facility, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853
R. Lappalainen
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853
H. Msaad
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853
R. Raj
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853
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Abstract

Self supporting thin films of amorphous alumina and zirconia were irradiated with light and heavy ions at various temperatures(25–430°C). Irradiation was found to result in the formation of 10–30 nm large grains well below conventional crystallization temperatures. These grains were quite stable against subsequent thermal growth. Crystallization, grain size, and growth depended on ion species as well as on ‘stabilizing’ additives (yttria or Pt).

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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