Characterizing the defects and ferromagnetism in metal oxides: The case of magnesium oxide

S Garg, S Gautam, JP Singh, A Kandasami… - Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Defects play an essential role in controlling the phenomenon of d0 ferromagnetism in
nonmagnetic oxides. Defects can have significant impact on behavior, especially d0 …

Fractal and multifractal characteristics of swift heavy ion induced self-affine nanostructured BaF2 thin film surfaces

RP Yadav, M Kumar, AK Mittal… - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Fractal and multifractal characteristics of self-affine surfaces of BaF 2 thin films, deposited on
crystalline Si⟨ 1 1 1⟩ substrate at room temperature, were studied. Self-affine surfaces were …

The impact of fluence dependent 120 MeV Ag swift heavy ion irradiation on the changes in structural, electronic, and optical properties of AgInSe 2 nano-crystalline …

R Panda, SA Khan, UP Singh, R Naik, NC Mishra - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation in thin films significantly modifies the structure and related
properties in a controlled manner. In the present study, the 120 MeV Ag ion irradiation on …

An innovative method to achieve large-scale high-quality VO2 thin films: Oxidation of vanadium nitride material deposited by sputtering

W Xiang, B Le Drogoff, M Chaker - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Depositing high-quality VO 2 thin films on a large area has been challenging till date. While
magnetron sputtering is widely used for this type of deposition, it faces serious …

Effect of grain size and microstructure on radiation stability of CeO 2: an extensive study

V Grover, R Shukla, R Kumari, BP Mandal… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
To investigate the variation in the radiation stability of ceria with microstructure under the
electronic excitation regime, ceria samples sintered under different conditions were …

Interface engineering at Bi/As2Se3 bilayer thin film by 120 MeV Ag swift heavy ion irradiation at different fluence: Modifications in its structural, optical and …

M Behera, H Rath, SA Khan, NC Mishra… - Materials Science in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Modifications induced by 120 MeV Ag ion irradiation on the structural, optical and
morphological properties of Bi/As 2 Se 3 bilayer thin films with varying B i layer thickness on …

Test of the hypothesis of transient molten state diffusion for swift-heavy-ion induced mixing

SK Srivastava, DK Avasthi, W Assmann, ZG Wang… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
The recently proposed hypothesis that swift-heavy-ion induced mixing is a consequence of a
transient molten state diffusion is tested by studying 230 MeV Au ion induced mixing at an …

Modification and Characterisation of Materials by Swift Heavy Ions.

DK Avasthi - Defence Science Journal, 2009 - indianjournals.com
Swift heavy ions (SHI) available with 15 million Volt Pelletron accelerator at Inter University
Accelerator Centre (IUAC) Delhi, formerly known as Nuclear Science Centre,(NSC), provide …

SERS detection of rhodamine-6G on ion beam nanostructured ultra-thin gold (Au) films: a correlation between fractal growth, water contact-angle and Raman intensity

P Jasrotia, B Priya, R Kumar, P Bishnoi… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) detection of rhodamine-6G on gold
nanostructures (Au–NS) of various sizes under ion beam irradiation is presented. On a glass …

Surface roughness and power spectral density study of SHI irradiated ultra-thin gold films

P Dash, P Mallick, H Rath, A Tripathi, J Prakash… - Applied Surface …, 2009 - Elsevier
Quantitative roughness and microstructural analysis of as-deposited and swift heavy ion
(SHI)(107MeV Ag and 58MeV Ni) irradiated 10 and 20nm thick Au films were performed by …