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Cold Temperature Preparation of XTEM Specimens of Embedded Metallic Nanoparticles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Bernt Johannessen ,
David J. Llewellyn ,
Patrick Kluth  and
Mark C. Ridgway
Bernt Johannessen*
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
David J. Llewellyn
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Patrick Kluth
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Mark C. Ridgway
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
*
[email protected]

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Nanoparticles (1-10 nm in diameter) are particularly susceptible to disorder, amorphization, deformation and/or dissolution upon ion irradiation as compared to their bulk counterparts, which is a consequence of the enhanced surface area to volume ratio of the former (structural disorder is often observed to be preferentially located at the surface). Synchrotron-radiation-based analytical techniques are ideally suited for the elucidation of structural perturbations as compared to the bulk material. Such techniques are commonly complemented by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM). XTEM offers invaluable information with respect to shape and morphology of the nanoparticles.

For the present work, Cu nanoparticles were synthesized within a 2 μm amorphous SiO2 matrix on a 520 μm Si support by ion implantation and thermal annealing following a procedure described elsewhere. In order to study the influence that ion irradiation has on the nanoparticles, the sample was then irradiated with 1x1015 ions / cm2 high-energy (5 MeV) Sn+ ions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 48 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2007

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