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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 91, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.2777165
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The influence of ion irradiation of SiO2 on the size of metal nanocrystals (NCs) formed by ion implantation has been investigated. Thin SiO2 films were irradiated with high-energy Ge ions then implanted with Pt ions. Without Ge irradiation, the largest Pt NCs were observed beyond the Pt projected range. With irradiation, Ge-induced structural modification of the SiO2 layer yielded a decrease in Pt NC size with increasing Ge fluence at such depths. A defect-mediated NC nucleation mechanism is proposed and a simple yet effective means of modifying and controlling the Pt NC size is demonstrated.
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