Surface and interface modification of Zr/SiC interface by swift heavy ion irradiation

In this study thin Zr films (135nm) were deposited on 6H-SiC substrate at room temperature by sputter deposition. The Zr/SiC couples were irradiated by 167MeV Xe26+ ions at room temperature at fluences of 5.0×1012, 1.0×1013, 5.0×1013, 2.0×1014, 3.1×1014 and 6.3×1014ions/cm2. The samples were analyse...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 2015-07, Vol.354, p.249-254
Hauptverfasser: Njoroge, E.G., Theron, C.C., Malherbe, J.B., van der Berg, N.G., Hlatshwayo, T.T., Skuratov, V.A.
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Zusammenfassung:In this study thin Zr films (135nm) were deposited on 6H-SiC substrate at room temperature by sputter deposition. The Zr/SiC couples were irradiated by 167MeV Xe26+ ions at room temperature at fluences of 5.0×1012, 1.0×1013, 5.0×1013, 2.0×1014, 3.1×1014 and 6.3×1014ions/cm2. The samples were analysed before and after irradiation using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and secondary electron microscopy (SEM). The surface morphology from SEM analysis revealed a homogeneous Zr surface which did not vary with increasing fluences of irradiation. AFM analysis revealed that the Rrms surface roughness did increase from the as-deposited value of 1.6nm and then decrease at higher SHI irradiation fluences to 1.4nm. RBS results indicate that interface mixing between Zr and SiC interface occurred and varied linearly with irradiation ion fluence. The value obtained for diffusivity of Zr shows that the mixing was due to interdiffusion across the interface during a transient melt phase according to the thermal spike model.
ISSN:0168-583X
1872-9584
DOI:10.1016/j.nimb.2014.11.118