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Investigating the Secondary Electron Emission of Nanomaterials Induced by a High-Resolution Proton Beam

Cholewa, Marian ; Gredysa, Anna ; Pozaruk, Andrii ; Osipowicz, Thomas ; van Kan, Jeroen A. ; Dou, Yan X. ; Yan, Peiyan ; Bettiol, Andrew A. ; Maximov, Ivan LU and Sobanska, Maria , et al. (2022) In Physica Status Solidi (B)
Abstract
Herein, the secondary electron emission (SEE) from 1D nanomaterials in the form of nanorods is investigated. The small beam of a 1.5 MeV +H2 hydrogen with a sub 70 nm in diameter allows studying the SEE with a very high resolution. A wide range of nanomaterials from various laboratories are studied, including thin ZnO and ZnO/GaN nanostructures grown on 1 μm thick Si3N4 membranes and thick InP, GaN and GaN/AlN nanorod structures grown on bulk Si substrates. By virtue of the small size of the exciting nanobeams, high-resolution maps could be created presenting an SEE yield from various parts of the structures. This allows us to show that the top parts of nanorods in ZnO, ZnO/GaN, GaN, InP, and GaN/AlN nanostructures emit secondary electrons... (More)
Herein, the secondary electron emission (SEE) from 1D nanomaterials in the form of nanorods is investigated. The small beam of a 1.5 MeV +H2 hydrogen with a sub 70 nm in diameter allows studying the SEE with a very high resolution. A wide range of nanomaterials from various laboratories are studied, including thin ZnO and ZnO/GaN nanostructures grown on 1 μm thick Si3N4 membranes and thick InP, GaN and GaN/AlN nanorod structures grown on bulk Si substrates. By virtue of the small size of the exciting nanobeams, high-resolution maps could be created presenting an SEE yield from various parts of the structures. This allows us to show that the top parts of nanorods in ZnO, ZnO/GaN, GaN, InP, and GaN/AlN nanostructures emit secondary electrons much more efficiently than the valley areas between nanorods. These results indicate that by a proper design and growth of 1D nanostructures, SEE properties could be improved over those of the traditionally used Au and CsI thin films. This work has been undertaken to find materials with the highest achievable SEE emission, which is a figure of merit for the detection efficiency relevant for the development and application of novel radiation detectors. (Less)
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1D nanomaterials, proton microprobe, secondary electron emission (SEE)
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Physica Status Solidi (B)
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2100445
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8 pages
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • scopus:85124518936
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0370-1972
DOI
10.1002/pssb.202100445
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English
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  abstract     = {{Herein, the secondary electron emission (SEE) from 1D nanomaterials in the form of nanorods is investigated. The small beam of a 1.5 MeV +H2 hydrogen with a sub 70 nm in diameter allows studying the SEE with a very high resolution. A wide range of nanomaterials from various laboratories are studied, including thin ZnO and ZnO/GaN nanostructures grown on 1 μm thick Si3N4 membranes and thick InP, GaN and GaN/AlN nanorod structures grown on bulk Si substrates. By virtue of the small size of the exciting nanobeams, high-resolution maps could be created presenting an SEE yield from various parts of the structures. This allows us to show that the top parts of nanorods in ZnO, ZnO/GaN, GaN, InP, and GaN/AlN nanostructures emit secondary electrons much more efficiently than the valley areas between nanorods. These results indicate that by a proper design and growth of 1D nanostructures, SEE properties could be improved over those of the traditionally used Au and CsI thin films. This work has been undertaken to find materials with the highest achievable SEE emission, which is a figure of merit for the detection efficiency relevant for the development and application of novel radiation detectors.}},
  author       = {{Cholewa, Marian and Gredysa, Anna and Pozaruk, Andrii and Osipowicz, Thomas and van Kan, Jeroen A. and Dou, Yan X. and Yan, Peiyan and Bettiol, Andrew A. and Maximov, Ivan and Sobanska, Maria and Zytkiewicz, Zbigniew R. and Gogneau, Noelle and Tchernycheva, Maria and Lee, Keundong and Song, Minho S. and Yi, Gyu-Chul and Boutachkov, Plamen}},
  issn         = {{0370-1972}},
  keywords     = {{1D nanomaterials; proton microprobe; secondary electron emission (SEE)}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Physica Status Solidi (B)}},
  title        = {{Investigating the Secondary Electron Emission of Nanomaterials Induced by a High-Resolution Proton Beam}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202100445}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/pssb.202100445}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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