Faulty field evaporation at di-vacancies in {222} tungsten

K. Stiller, H. O. Andrén

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L57-L61
JournalSurface Science
Volume114
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 1982
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Discussionsw ith Dr. H: Norden are gratefully acknowledgedT. his work was supportedb y the SwedishN atural ScienceR esearchC ouncil.

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