Abstract
Improvement in the crystal quality of epitaxial Ag films on Si (111) substrates using 0.5 MeV Si+ irradiation was analyzed. Investigations show a decrease in the population of twinning grains and mosaic spread of the films. It was found that the low-temperature irradiation lead to the atomic rearrangement at the grain boundaries. The results show that the irradiation-induced improvement in crystal quality (IIICQ) for the epitaxial films was similar to the ion bombardment enhanced grain growth.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4166-4170 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 Oct 15 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)