Abstract
Faulty field evaporation sequences, creating artefact vacancies, were observed during field-ion microscopy of tungsten specimens which had previously been irradiated in situ with 180-230 keV Xe+ ions at 80 K. Such sequences were observed for atoms in {222} planes which were neighbours to 〈111〉 di-vacancies. The faulty evaporation gave rise to a tri- or quadri-vacancy contrast instead of the expected di-vacancy contrast. This effect can be explained by the influence of a reduced atomic binding energy on the probability for field evaporation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | L57-L61 |
| Journal | Surface Science |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
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| State | Published - Feb 1 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Discussionsw ith Dr. H: Norden are gratefully acknowledgedT. his work was supportedb y the SwedishN atural ScienceR esearchC ouncil.