Electronic properties of ion implanted crystalline polymer thin film deposited by ionized cluster beam

Polyethylene thin film deposited by the ionized cluster beam deposition technique shows preferential crystal orientation at optimum deposit condition, and the lattice parameters of the crystalline PE film are in good agreement with those of the single crystal PE. The crystalline PE film reveals that the number of side chains is reduced. The conductivity of Li+, Na+ and K+ implanted crystalline PE films has a close correlation with defects generated by ion irradiation, and the conduction mechanism turns out to be the one-dimensional hopping conduction. (orig.)