Retrieval of B1 phase from high-pressure B2 phase for CdO nanoparticles by electronic excitations in Cd_xZn_1−xO composite thin films

• Arkaprava Das,
• Marcin Zając and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 551–560, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.43

• diverse characterization techniques, demonstrating the potential reversibility of the B1 to B2 phase transformation induced by ion irradiation. Keywords: irradiation; phase transformation; thermal spike; track diameter; X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

• significantly affected by O ion irradiation. In contrast, Ag ion irradiation results in complete amorphization of the Zn2SiO4 phase at the film surface. The XPS spectra for the CZ900_Pris sample are reproduced from previous research [1]. Track diameter calculation from inelastic thermal spike model The

• material, which facilitates the amorphization process. The confined of molten material within this narrow cylindrical volume promotes rapid cooling, thereby enhancing the quenching process and resulting in solidification and ion track formation. We have calculated the track diameter for CdO subjected to

Microstructural and plasmonic modifications in Ag–TiO₂ and Au–TiO₂ nanocomposites through ion beam irradiation

• Venkata Sai Kiran Chakravadhanula,
• Yogendra Kumar Mishra,
• Venkata Girish Kotnur,
• Devesh Kumar Avasthi,
• Thomas Strunskus,
• Vladimir Zaporotchenko,
• Dietmar Fink,
• Lorenz Kienle and
• Franz Faupel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1419–1431, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.154

• responsible for dissolution, growth or elongation of nanoparticles due to SHI irradiation. For a nanocomposite with relatively small nanoparticle diameter (smaller than the ion track diameter) and larger IPS, the dissolution of nanoparticles occurs due to SHI irradiation [22]. However if the IPS distance is