Swift heavy ion induced phase transition in CdTe films deposited by spray pyrolysis in presence of electric field

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 267, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2480-2483

  Ison, V V ^a,c   Ranga Rao, A ^a,d   Dutta, V ^a   Kulriya, P K ^b   Avasthi, D K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

^c ST THOMAS COLLEGE   (India)

^d Advanced Technology Group   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride; Electric field; Heavy ion irradiation; Phase transformation; Spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AFM IMAGE; BAND GAPS; BEAM IRRADIATION; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CDTE; CUBIC PHASE; DENSE ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FLUENCE; GRADUAL CHANGES; HEAVY ION IRRADIATION; HEXAGONAL PHASE; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; INDUCED PHASE TRANSFORMATION; INDUCED PHASE TRANSITION; ION IRRADIATION; PELLETRON; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM; SPRAY DEPOSITION; SWIFT HEAVY IONS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAVY IONS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; IRRADIATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SILVER; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 67650162745     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.05.069     Document Type: Article

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