Softening of phonons by lattice defects and structural strain in heavy ion irradiated nanocrystalline zinc oxide films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Singh, Fouran ^a   Singh, R G ^b,c   Kumar, Vinod ^a   Khan, S A ^a   Pivin, J C ^d  

^a INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDBENDING; COMBINED EFFECT; ELECTRONIC ENERGY LOSS; ENERGETIC HEAVY-IONS; HIGH DENSITY; ION FLUENCES; IRRADIATED FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NEAR BAND EDGE; PHONON LOCALIZATION; PHONON MODE; RAMAN MODES; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT; STRUCTURAL STRAIN;

DEFECTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAVY IONS; PHONONS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 80655132188     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3651638     Document Type: Article

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