Published March 23, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Displacement threshold energy for type IIa diamond

  • 1. Center for Materials Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

Description

A type IIa natural diamond was irradiated at room temperature with energetic electrons. The threshold energy for displacement of atoms from their lattice sites was determined for three principal crystallographic directions by observing the formation of defect clusters during irradiation in a transmission electron microscope. The displacement-threshold energies were found to be 37.5±1.2 eV for the electron incident in the [100] direction, 45.0±1.3 eV in the [111] direction, and 47.6±1.3 eV in the [110] direction

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
60
Journal Issue
12
Series
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1450-1452
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLA