Synergistic Effect of He for the Fabrication of Ne and Ar Gas-Charged Silicon Thin Films as Solid Targets for Spectroscopic Studies

Asunción Fernández, Vanda Godinho, José Avila, Maria C. Jiménez de Haro, Dirk Hufschmidt, Jennifer López-Viejobueno, G. Eduardo Almanza-Vergara, F. Javier Ferrer, Julien Colaux, Stéphane Lucas, Maria Carmen Asensio

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Résumé

Sputtering of silicon in a He magnetron discharge (MS) has been reported as a bottom-up procedure to obtain He-charged silicon films (i.e., He nanobubbles encapsulated in a silicon matrix). The incorporation of heavier noble gases is demonstrated in this work with a synergistic effect, producing increased Ne and Ar incorporations when using He–Ne and He–Ar gas mixtures in the MS process. Microstructural and chemical characterizations are reported using ion beam analysis (IBA) and scanning and transmission electron microscopies (SEM and TEM). In addition to gas incorporation, He promotes the formation of larger nanobubbles. In the case of Ne, high-resolution X-ray photoelectron and absorption spectroscopies (XPS and XAS) are reported, with remarkable dependence of the Ne 1s photoemission and the Ne K-edge absorption on the nanobubble’s size and composition. The gas (He, Ne and Ar)-charged thin films are proposed as “solid” targets for the characterization of spectroscopic properties of noble gases in a confined state without the need for cryogenics or high-pressure anvils devices. Also, their use as targets for nuclear reaction studies is foreseen.
langue originaleAnglais
Numéro d'article727
Pages (de - à)727-741
Nombre de pages14
journalNanomaterials
Volume14
Numéro de publication8
Les DOIs
Etat de la publicationPublié - 21 avr. 2024

Financement

This research was funded by: (i) MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, FEDER-EU in projects PID2021-124439NB-I00 and PID2021-123879OB-C21; (ii) Junta de Andaluc\u00EDa, FEDER-EU in project P20-00239; (iii) CSIC under grant 202160E029. Authors thank SOLEIL beamtime allocation nr. 20170265. A. Fern\u00E1ndez thanks the Spanish Ministry of Education for granting her with a visiting researcher fellowship (PRX-18/0052) at the Univ. Namur. F.J. Ferrer acknowledges the funding of the University of Seville through the grant VI PPIT-US.

Bailleurs de fondsNuméro du bailleur de fonds
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas20170265, 202160E029
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Junta de AndalucíaP20-00239
Junta de Andalucía
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y DeportePRX-18/0052
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
FEDER-EUPID2021-123879OB-C21, PID2021-124439NB-I00
Universidad de SevillaVI PPIT-US
Universidad de Sevilla

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