TY - GEN
T1 - Formation of dense and aligned planar arrangements of Pb nanoparticles at silica/silicon interfaces
AU - Luce, Flavia P.
AU - Kremer, Felipe
AU - Sanchez, Dario F.
AU - Fabrim, Zacarias E.
AU - Reboh, Shay
AU - Zawislak, Fernando C.
AU - Fichtner, Paulo F.P.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The ion beam synthesis of Pb nanoparticles (NPs) in silica/silicon films is studied in terms of the combination of a two-step annealing process consisting of a low temperature long time aging treatment followed by a high temperature short time furnace annealing. The samples are analyzed through Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry and Transmission Electron Microscopy. The aging process leads to the suppression of the classical homogeneous nucleation of metallic Pb NPs in the silica, thus promoting Pb redistribution during the high temperature annealing. This causes the formation of dense bi-dimensional NP arrays located at the silica-silicon interface, presenting small size dispersion.
AB - The ion beam synthesis of Pb nanoparticles (NPs) in silica/silicon films is studied in terms of the combination of a two-step annealing process consisting of a low temperature long time aging treatment followed by a high temperature short time furnace annealing. The samples are analyzed through Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry and Transmission Electron Microscopy. The aging process leads to the suppression of the classical homogeneous nucleation of metallic Pb NPs in the silica, thus promoting Pb redistribution during the high temperature annealing. This causes the formation of dense bi-dimensional NP arrays located at the silica-silicon interface, presenting small size dispersion.
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U2 - 10.1557/opl.2011.345
DO - 10.1557/opl.2011.345
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781618395153
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 25
EP - 30
BT - Artificially Induced Crystalline Alignment in Thin Films and Nanostructures
T2 - 2010 MRS Fall Meeting
Y2 - 29 November 2010 through 3 December 2010
ER -