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Structural Transformations Induced by Swift Heavy Ions in Polysiloxanes and Polycarbosilanes

  • Jean-Claude Pivin , Eckhard Pippel , Jörg Woltersdorf EMAIL logo , Devesh Kumar Avasthi and Sanjev Kumar
Published/Copyright: February 11, 2022
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 92 Issue 7

Abstract

High-resolution electron microscopy in connection with electron energy filtered microscopy is used for evidencing the precipitation of free C clusters in polysiloxanes and polycarbosilanes, responsible for the hardening and luminescence of these classes of inorganic polymers after ion irradiation. While during irradiation with 3 MeV Au ions randomly distributed carbon clusters are formed, in the case of irradiation with 100 MeVAu ions, the carbon clusters are aligned along tubular ion tracks without forming continuous wires. Contrary to observations in some other polymers and semiconductors, no tubular voids or crystallization of amorphous SiC were found. It is concluded that in both cases the carbon precipitation is due to a solid state transformation induced by electronic excitations.

Keywords: Polysiloxanes; Polycarbosilanes; Swift heavy ions
Prof. Dr. J. Woltersdorf Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany Fax: +49 3 45 55 11 2 23

Dedicated to Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Günter Petzow on the occasion of his 75th birthday

  1. Thanks are due to Prof. Paolo Colombo, University of Bologna, for preparing the polycarbosilane films.

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Received: 2001-04-20
Published Online: 2022-02-11

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2001-0135
Keywords for this article
Polysiloxanes; Polycarbosilanes; Swift heavy ions

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. “No wise man ever wish to be younger”
  4. Aufsätze/Articles
  5. Entropy, Transformations and Sustainability of Industrial Life Cycles
  6. Positron Annihilation in Stable and Supercooled Metallic Melts
  7. Local Characterization of the Diffusion Process during Discontinuous Precipitation: A Review
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