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# Effect of irradiation by ion on quasicrystalline thin films

13 Dec 2002-Vacuum (Pergamon)-Vol. 68, Iss: 4, pp 349-355

Abstract: Effect of 100 MeV 58 Ni +8 ion irradiation on the electrical transport behaviour of Al–Cu–Fe quasicrystalline thin films have been investigated by in situ and ex situ resistivity measurements. The quasicrystalline thin films grown by indirect heating, electron-beam and flash evaporation methods have been used for this purpose. The fluence of 100 MeV 58 Ni +8 beam is varied from 1×10 9 to 1×10 13 particles / cm 2 . A small oscillatory variation of resistivity up to a critical fluence of 5×10 12 particles / cm 2 is observed in all the samples. A rapid decrease in resistivity is observed at a fluence of 1×10 13 particles / cm 2 for all the quasicrystalline thin films. These thin films also show negative temperature coefficient of resistivity similar to that of unirradiated quasicrystalline thin films. The results of simulation for resistivity versus temperature (unirradiated and irradiated at fluence 1×10 13 particles / cm 2 ) support the observed behaviour of resistivity with temperature.
Topics: , Fluence (52%), Thin film (52%), Temperature coefficient (51%)
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