Original scientific paper

Damage to ZnS films due to nitrogen ion bombardment

Khairy A. Mady ; Physics Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Abd El-Moneim A. Gabr ; Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt
Zeinab H. Moustafa ; Physics Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud S. Selim ; Physics Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

The effect of nitrogen ion bombardment on vacuum deposited ZnS films was investigated by structural and optical techniques. Films, deposited on freshly cleaved mica, have the wurtzite type hexagonal lattice. The film thickness decreases due to the sputtering of the surface layers by the bombarding ions. Decomposition of ZnS to its elemental components is enchanced by the formation of Frenkel pairs as the initially ion bombardment induced defects. Under severe ion bombardment, thermal spikes lead to possible melting and recrystallization.

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Hrčak ID:

331202

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/331202

Publication date:

7.7.1987.

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