TY - JOUR
T1 - Lattice images of inert gas bubbles in aluminium
AU - Donnelly, S. E.
AU - Rossouw, C. J.
PY - 1986/3/1
Y1 - 1986/3/1
N2 - Recent electron diffraction studies of a number of fcc metals implanted with inert gas ions have revealed that argon, krypton and xenon form room-temperature, solid, fcc precipitates (referred to as bubbles) epitaxial with the metal. We report on the use of high-resolution, phase contrast electron microscopy to produce one and two dimensional lattice images of room temperature solid argon and xenon in ion implanted aluminium. The images reveal clearly a high degree of crystalline perfection in many bubbles with a lattice parameter of 5.16 Å for the argon and 6.04 Å for the xenon. In the case of the Ar/AI system we also report on the anomalous thermal behaviour of the bubbles as deduced from diffraction measurements over the range ~80 to 800 K.
AB - Recent electron diffraction studies of a number of fcc metals implanted with inert gas ions have revealed that argon, krypton and xenon form room-temperature, solid, fcc precipitates (referred to as bubbles) epitaxial with the metal. We report on the use of high-resolution, phase contrast electron microscopy to produce one and two dimensional lattice images of room temperature solid argon and xenon in ion implanted aluminium. The images reveal clearly a high degree of crystalline perfection in many bubbles with a lattice parameter of 5.16 Å for the argon and 6.04 Å for the xenon. In the case of the Ar/AI system we also report on the anomalous thermal behaviour of the bubbles as deduced from diffraction measurements over the range ~80 to 800 K.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0022024292&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0168-583X(86)90552-5
DO - 10.1016/0168-583X(86)90552-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022024292
VL - 13
SP - 485
EP - 489
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
SN - 0168-583X
IS - 1-3
ER -